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"Africans that RULED Europe 711 - 1789"
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The stench of medieval
and urine in the
scab caused fatal
you in three weeks.
Europe still echoes
streets, decaying wood
terminations to Popes
The king himself took a
today
and rat dung, spoiled
Clement V and
bath only thrice in a
People normally
associate different
epochs with different
smells. The Middle
Ages smell of sewage
and decaying bodies.
German writer Patrick
Suskind, the author of
coal and animal fat,
moldy dust and
chamber pots.
Stench used to be an
inseparable part of all
human activities,
constructive or
destructive. The Queen
Clement VII
correspondingly. Duke
Norfolk neglected
bathing for religious
reasons. As a result of
such disregard
numerous abscesses
dotted his body.
lifetime, twice
coercively.
Russian ambassadors
at Louis XIV court
wrote that His Majesty
stunk like a wild
animal. Europeans
considered Russians
a well-known novel
of Spain Isabel of
A billet-doux sent by
perverts because it
Perfume: The Story of
Castle (the end of the
the inveterate Don
was a tradition for the
a Murderer wrote in
15th century)
Juan Henry of Navarre
latter to take steam
his book that the
confessed that she had
to his sweetheart
baths once a month.
stench of European
cities in the late Middle
Ages period was
unbearable. His work
conveys the terrible
smell of human feces
taken a bath only twice
in a lifetime â?? when
born and married. A
daughter of one of
French kings died of
lice. Dysentery and
Gabrielle d?EstrÃes
became an anecdote.
Its contents conveyed
the following meaning:
Do not wash yourself,
my sweetheart, visit
European cities were
buried in sewage.
Town residents
splashed the contents
of garbage pails and
washtubs out into the

FLEAS, LICE & BUGS SWARMED EUROPE
Unsanitary conditions, diseases and starvation personify medieval Europe
street on the heads of
carefree passers-by.
Stagnated slops made
stinking pools; and a
great number of town
pigs crowned the
whole picture. People
emptied chamber pots
right out of their
windows making
streets look like
cesspools. Bathrooms
were the rarest luxury.
Fleas, lice and bugs
swarmed in rich and
poor houses of
London and Paris.
Unsanitary conditions,
diseases and
leprosy and syphilis
starvation personify disfigured people
medieval Europe as it faces.
was. Even the noble
There were not any
class could not afford
cleaning agents or the
to eat their fill. Noble
notion of personal
families were happy if
hygiene in Europe up
at best two or three of
to the middle of the
ten children survived.
19th century. One
Delivery was quite an
Italian nobleman said
undertaking for
in his memoirs that in
women: a third part of
the 16th century it was
them died in labor.
impossible to walk
Street illumination also
along the streets that
was poor oil lamps,
resembled a fetid
splinters or wax
stream of turbid water.
candles at best.
He had to hold a
Hunger, smallpox,
scented handkerchief
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or a small bouquet to
his nose not to vomit.
But not only faeces
poisoned the air.
Butchers slaughtered
and disembowel cattle
right in the streets.
They would scatter
guts around and pour
blood out onto the
pavement.
In late Middle Ages
people learned to
process wastes and
feces. Urine, for
example, was used to
tan leather and bleach
cloth, animals bones to
produce flour. In days
sanitary function, rain
of old painters placed
was considered a
barrels for urine near
providential
the farms, they used it
punishment. Rains
to knead paints. In
washed dirt out of all
Ancient Rome they
cracks, and raging
sold even the urine
sewage streams
from latrines to wool
rushed through the
dyers and leather
streets. Just like this
tanners. What could
there appeared a small
not be processed was
river Merderon in
left in the street.
France (from French
Rain was the only
merde ? shit).
street cleaner in those
If there were stinking
in narrow side streets
revolution aqueducts
times. And still,
funds in the country, in
and yards. Only after
and gutters appeared;
notwithstanding its
cities people defecated
the hydraulic
they provided houses

with water and removed
the sewage.
People were not cleaner
than the streets where
they lived. Water baths
warm the body, but
weaken the organism
and widen pores. That's
why they can be
dangerous and cause
different diseases, even
death, a medical treaty
of the 16th century runs.
Medieval doctors
thought that infectious
air could penetrate
through the cleaned
pores. Owing to this
cause all social
bathhouses were
abolished. In 15-16th
centuries rich citizens
had a bath at least twice
a year, in the 17-18th
centuries they decidedly
stopped to wash
themselves. The French
king Louis XIV had a bath
only twice in his life on
doctors advice. But the
procedure shocked the
sovereign so, that he
made a vow not to do it
anymore.
All hygienic
arrangements included
only hands and mouth
rinsing, but not the
whole face. By no means
you should wash your
face, ? wrote medics in
the 16th century, ? as it
can cause catarrh or
weaken the eyesight. As
for women, they had a
bath only two or three
times a year.
The majority of
aristocrats used scented
rags to rub the body. It
was recommended to
moisten armpits and
groin with rose water.
Men wore small bags
with fragrant herbs
between the shirt and
waistcoat. Women used
only fragrant powder.
Medieval neat persons
often changed their
clothes. They considered
that it absorbs all dirt
and cleans the body. But
our ancestors were
rather selective on this
issue. Clean starched
shirt for every day was a
privilege for rich people
only.
That is why white
crimped collars and
cuffs that were the
evidence of wealth and
cleanliness of their
owners became
fashionable. Poor men
neither washed nor
changed their clothing.
Most of them had only
one shirt. No wonder
clothes were extremely
expensive. The cheapest
canvas shirt and one
milk cow, for example,
had the same price.
Source: Pravda.Ru URL:
http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/103574-stench-0
Translated by Ksenia
Sedyakina / Pravda.ru

BUTCHDAWSON- OLLIEWORLD
"OLLIEWORLDISAMINDSET..."
Butch Dawson is a rapper and producer from Baltimore who has
been building locally, but is set to make a wider impact after the release
of his latest mixtape, Ollieworld.
The nine-track project is packed with hard-edged rapping about life
in "the swamp," but the variety in production and approach sets it apart
from other rap mixtapes, whether it's the punk rock section of "Trigger"
or the beautiful melodies at the end of the "Word On The Block" video.
Butch Dawson
RAPPER/ PRODUCER
https://fanlink.to/ollieworld
PROVIDINGACCESSTOLEARNINGOPPORTUNITIES
?Ollieworld is a mindset," Butch tells us. "Since most of my
motivation to do music in this career is for my nephew Oliver? Ollie is
his nickname? I dedicated my introduction to the game to him.? Butch

NINETRACKPROJECT
PACKEDWITH
HARD-EDGERAPPING...
EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC
will be welcoming a lot more
fans to Ollieworld in the coming
months, as he heads on tour
with JPEGMAFIA in October
and will appear in New York
brand Telfar's New York
Fashion Week show in
September.

MAGGIEANDREWS- HALIFAX, NOVASCOTIA
"MYMUSICREFLECTSEMOTIONSANDEXPERIENCES..."
Maggie Andrew is 20 years old from Halifax, Nova Scotia and she's
got an EP coming up that's creative directed by her brother,
artist/designer/snowboarder Trouble Andrew. Maggie makes music with
teeth. Without sounding like she's trying too hard, each song combines
an unexpected, sometimes confrontational assortment of words,
melodies, and arrangements. For a lot of new artists, trying too much all
at once can be a distraction, but Maggie always keeps things just simple
enough to make sense. Every song is to the point, even if that point is
sharp.
"My music reflects emotions and experiences," Maggie says. "I want
my listeners to be able to connect and find something they can relate to,
maggie andrews
MAGGIEANDREW
PROVIDINGMUSICWITHTEETH
or something that can make them feel, whether it's in a melody, a lyric
or even just a word. Making music is so amazing to me because you can
do or say anything you want, there are no guidelines or rules when it
comes to creating, you just go in and make shit that you like. I think
that's a huge part of what I'm doing. On my EP I have coming this fall,
every single song is a trip, a different story, nothing is restricted and
nothing is off limits."

SLEEP4EVER...WE'RE
HOOKED
MAGGIE ANDREWS
Her second single "Fucked
Screwed" just came out, but the
first song "Sleep 4Ever" is the
one that got us hooked. Listen
below and look out for the EP
this fall.

Q- FORESTGREEN
ENTIRELYSELFPRODUCEDALBUM
Q is a South Florida artist with a highly unsearchable name but very
impressive music. The singer, songwriter, and mutli-instrumentalist kept
a DIY spirit in creating Forest Green, a self-produced debut project that
he's calling a "seven-track arrangement," but the scope of his ambition
is clear throughout.
Rooted in R&B, Forest Green has moments of raw soul, acoustic
pop, and more, and introduces us to an exciting new artist with a lot of
potential. Of the project's title, he tells us, ??Honestly, it's my favorite
color. I had some music I really wanted to put out, and it all just came
together.
Q
"...SCOPEOFHISAMBITION
ISCLEAR."
PROVIDINGACCESSTOLEARNINGOPPORTUNITIES
Naming it Forest Green? was my way of introducing new and old
fans to who Q is artistically. Also, believe it or not, Q is my actual
birth-given name...? South Florida based native Q introduces himself
with ?Forest Green?, a seven track arrangement which impresses from
start to finish. Encompassing a myriad of musical influences from R&B,
soul and alternative rock, the self produced record takes a deep dive into
topics such as preoccupied anxiety, lack of connection, and love.

DIVERSEEXPERIENCE
ANDFULLEARGASM..
GLOBAL PHENOMENOM
Whether it?s the rock tinged ?I
Get Tired?and ?I Might Slip
Away if I Don?t Feel Nothing?
or the smoother intonations of
?Pray Together?and falsetto
laden ?Your Special?, Q
showcases his versatility
wonderfully as a musician,
singer and songwriter.

EUROPE GREEKSCIVILIZEDBY
AFRICANS...
By Garikai Chengu ?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, it was ancient
Africans that brought civilization to Spain and large
parts of Europe and not the other way around.
The first civilization of Europe was established on
the Greek island of Crete in 1700 BC and the
Greeks were primarily civilized by the Black
Africans of the Nile Valley. The Greeks then passed
on this acquired culture to the Romans who
ultimately lost it; thus, initiating the Dark Ages that
lasted for five centuries. Civilization was once again
reintroduced to Europe when another group of
Black Africans, The Moors, brought the Dark Ages
to an end.
Four hundred and eight years ago today King
Phillip III of Spain signed an order, which was one
of the earliest examples of ethnic cleansing. At the
height of the Spanish inquisition, King Phillip III
ordered the expulsion of 300,000 Muslim Moriscos,
which initiated one of the most brutal and tragic
episodes in the history of Spain.
When history is taught in the West, the period
called the ?Middle Ages? is generally referred to as

the ?Dark Ages,? and depicted as the period
during which civilization in general, including
the arts and sciences, laid somewhat idle. This
was certainly true for Europeans, but not for
Africans.
Renowned historian, Cheikh Anta Diop,
explains how during the Middle Ages, the
great empires of the world were Black
empires, and the educational and cultural
centers of the world were predominately
African. Moreover, during that period, it was
the Europeans who were the lawless
barbarians.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire
multitudes of white warring tribes from the
Caucasus were pushed into Western Europe
by the invading Huns. The Moors invaded
Spanish shores in 711 AD and African Muslims
literally civilized the wild, white tribes from the
Caucus. The Moors eventually ruled over
Spain, Portugal, North Africa and southern
France for over seven hundred years.
Although generations of Spanish rulers have
tried to expunge this era from the historical
record, recent archaeology and scholarship
now sheds new light on how Moorish
advances in mathematics, astronomy, art, and
philosophy helped propel Europe out of the
Dark Ages and into the Renaissance.

CREATION OF UNIVERSITIES BY MOORS
One the most famous British historians Basil
Davidson, noted that during the eighth century there
was no land ?more admired by its neighbours, or
more comfortable to live in, than a rich African
civilization which took shape in Spain?.
The Moors were unquestionably Black and the 16th
century English playwright William Shakespeare used
the word Moor as a synonym for African.
Education was universal in Muslim Spain, while in
Christian Europe, 99 percent of the population was
illiterate, and even kings could neither read nor write.
The Moors boasted a remarkably high literacy rate
for a pre-modern society. During an era when Europe
had only two universities, the Moors had seventeen.
The founders of Oxford University were inspired to
form the institution after visiting universities in Spain.
According to the United Nations?Education body, the
oldest university operating in the world today, is the
University of Al-Karaouine of Morocco founded
during the height of the Moorish Empire in 859 A.D.
by a Black woman named Fatima al-Fihri.
In the realm of mathematics, the number zero (0), the
Arabic numerals, and the decimal system were all
introduced to Europe by Muslims, assisting them to
solve problems far more quickly and accurately and
laying the foundation for the Scientific Revolution.

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The Moors?scientific curiosity extended to flight and polymath, Ibn Firnas, made the world?s
first scientific attempt to fly in a controlled manner, in 875 A.D. Historical archives suggest that
his attempt worked, but his landing was somewhat less successful. Africans took to the skies
some six centuries before the Italian Leonardo Da Vinci developed a hang glider.
Clearly, the Moors helped to lift the general European populace out of the Dark Ages, and
paved the way for the Renaissance period. In fact, a large number of the traits on which
modern Europe prides itself came to it from Muslim Spain, namely, free trade, diplomacy, open
borders, etiquette, advanced seafaring, research methods, and key advances in chemistry.
At a time when the Moors built 600 public baths and the rulers lived in sumptuous palaces, the
monarchs of Germany, France, and England convinced their subjects that cleanliness was a sin
and European kings dwelt in big barns, with no windows and no chimneys, often with only a
hole in the roof for the exit of smoke.
In the 10th century, Cordoba was not just the capital of Moorish Spain but also the most
important and modern city in Europe. Cordoba boasted a population of half a million and had
street lighting, fifty hospitals with running water, five hundred mosques and seventy libraries,
one of which held over 500,000 books.

LEAH CARROLL
JANUARY 8, 2019, 10:28 AM
AThe fir st r epor ts of the m ur der wer e br eathless and scandalized: In the ear ly m or ning hour s of June 5,
2018, Randall P. Volar III, a 34-year -old m an fr om Kenosha, W isconsin was shot and k illed, his hom e set
ablaze. The culpr it? A 17-year -old M ilwauk ee gir l nam ed Chr ystul Kizer who'd allegedly snapped a selfie
of her self in the m ur der ed m an's hom e, and posted it on social m edia, br agging about shooting a "white
dude."
Kizer was char ged with fir st degr ee m ur der ,
ar son, and being a
felon in possession of a
fir ear m . H er bail was
set at $1 m illion.
If You Care About
But the stor y that m ade for good headlines
? the out of contr ol Cynt oia Brow n, You teen k illing a m an and
tak ing a joyr ide in his
BM W ? would tur n out
to be a lot m or e com plicated. In October ,
Kizer 's public Should Know Chryst ul defender s intr oduced a
m otion that would r equir e the state to tur n
over evidence that, at Kizer 's Nam e
the tim e of his k illing,
Volar was under active investigation by
the Kenosha Police Depar tm ent for sexual conduct with under age gir ls.
?The defense believes that the discover y in this case suggests that M s. Kizer acted in self-defense. M r.
Volar , a 34-year -old m an, was engaged in the ongoing sexual and physical abuse of M s. Kizer , then a
17-year -old gir l, and sever al other gir ls whose identities ar e cur r ently unk nown to the defense," r eads the
statem ent pr esented to Judge David W ilk .Kizer 's attor neys
contend that Volar tr anspor ted her fr om M ilwauk ee to engage
in sexual contact with her.
W hen she r esisted, they str uggled, and Kizer shot him . Kizer 's
boyfr iend pr eviously told detectives that he'd given his
gir lfr iend a handgun because she was ?tir ed of the dude
touching on her."
The com plaint fur ther states that while under investigation, in
the m onths befor e his m ur der , Kenosha police had evidence
"that M r. Volar was pr oducing child por nogr aphy" and that
"the Kenosha Police had been aler ted by TCF Bank , a financial
institution utilized by M r. Volar , that M r. Volar ?s account had
been flagged under suspicion of being involved in hum an or
sex tr affick ing.?
Kizer 's attor ney, Car l Johnson, declined to com m ent on her case to Refiner y29 but did confir m that she is
next set to appear in cour t on Januar y 10, wher e a decision m ay be m ade about whether or not the
evidence fr om the investigation will be r eleased to the defense.
In the m eantim e, Kizer 's stor y has dr awn par allels to the Cyntoia Br own case. Br own, a victim of
childhood sex tr affick ing, shot and k illed a m an who'd pur chased her for sex when she was 16 year s old.
She was char ged as an adult and sentenced to to two concur r ent life sentences. The m itigating factor s of
her case ? her age, her neur odevelopm ental disor der , and the entr enched bias against wom en of color in
the justice system ? attr acted celebr ity attention to Br own's case.
On Tuesday, Br own was gr anted clem ency by Tennessee Gover nor Bill H aslam . She will be r eleased fr om
pr ison in August after ser ving 15 year s for her cr im e.

FEEDYOUR
BRAIN

INNOVATE
What List ening t o Music at
Work Does t o Your Brain
(It 's Pret t y Am azing)
Music has enriched people's personal lives pretty
much since the beginning of time, but scientists today
have uncovered how best to make music enrich your
professional life, too.
By Tom PopomaronisSerial entrepreneur@tpopomaronis
CREDIT: Getty Images
When the office is almost too much to stomach, music
can deliver much-needed relief on the job. Before you
press Play, however, have a handle on when your
tunes will be most beneficial for you and your brain.
Learning = St op
Learning requires your brain to analyze and remember
instructions and facts. When music is on, however,
your brain has to process auditory data on top of
processing the instructions and facts. Because of this
multitasking, the brain can interpret the instructions
and facts improperly, either associating them in odd
ways or making mistakes about what's important
enough to store. Thus, if you have to learn something
at work, it's best to turn off your music, especially if
you're learning verbally or through reading and the
music has lyrics.
Noisy = Play
If your workspace is noisy, the brain will try to handle
all the individual pieces of data in the noise. All that
data processing takes energy you otherwise could use
to focus on your job. It also increases levels of the
stress-hormone cortisol and decreases levels of
dopamine. Those hormonal changes negatively affect
the prefrontal cortex, hindering executive function.
Thus, productivity can go down, even if doing your
required task doesn't require you to learn. In this
scenario, listening to music can actually help, because
it blocks out the other excessive input that could
overwhelm you and keeps you calm.

Repet it ive Job = Play
Various studies have indicated that, in general,
people who listened to music while they worked on
repetitive tasks performed faster and made fewer
errors. These results occur because music you like
triggers the release of feel-good neurotransmitters
such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine,
which help you feel relaxed and happy and,
therefore, focus better. This is true even when the
task you're doing is complex--surgeons routinely
listen to music in the operating room specifically
because it relieves the stress that could
compromise their focus and performance. An
improved mood from music also affects how you
interact with your co-workers. If you feel better, you
usually are more respectful, patient, and
cooperative, which can lead to better teamwork.
New Music = St op
When you listen to music that's new to you, the
activity involves an element of surprise or novelty.
Your body releases dopamine in response to this
"newness," causing you to feel some degree of
pleasure. That ultimately can make the music more
appealing than whatever other task you're trying to
do, drawing your attention to the tune and
compromising your work focus.
The Chorus t o Rem em ber
Music can make a huge difference in your workday.
Feel free to crank up the volume if noise has you
working like a snail, you've got a case of the
Mondays, or you've got something mundane or
familiar to do. Ideally, though, make your playlists
out of songs you already know, and if your tasks
involve any sort of linguistic processing, focus on
lyric-free options. Lastly, if you have something to
learn, pump up your mood with music before you
get started.
PUBLISHED ON: JUL 20, 2016
The opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists
are their own, not those of Inc.com.

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Candace Owens t o Congr ess: ?
Whit e Supr emacy and Whit e Nat ional ism Ar e Not a Pr obl em?
Five months after far-right pundit Candace Owens told Congress that the rise in hate crimes is ?fake? and the
GOP?s Southern Strategy was ?a myth,? Republicans once again invited her to testify before a subcommittee
on combating white supremacy. This time around, the conservative provocateur straight-up dismissed the
notion that white nationalism is a problem.
Early on in Friday?s hearing before the House Oversight Joint Subcommittee, Owens? who late last year said
Adolf Hitler was ?OK? before he tried to go global? downplayed the threat of white supremacy in the United
States, calling it nothing more than a fringe issue. (Reminder: The El Paso mass shooting was less than two
months ago.)
?If we?re going to have a hearing on white supremacy, we are assuming that the biggest victims of that are
minority Americans,? Owens stated. ?And presumably this hearing would be to stop that and preserve the
lives of minority Americans. Which based on the hierarchy of what?s impacting minority Americans, if I had to
make a list of 100 things, white nationalism would not make the list.?
Owens, meanwhile, went on to tally off a number of culture war issues that she felt were much more urgent
for African-Americans, such as black-on-black crime, abortion, and the left?s so-called war against men and
masculinity.
Later on in the hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)? who was a late arrival? ceded all of his time to Owens, who
had largely been ignored by Democrats throughout the bulk of the proceedings. (Owens was invited to testify
at the hearing by Jordan himself.) The former Turning Point USA communications director claimed she was
being passed over because she was speaking truth to power that the issues of racism and white supremacy
were overblown and being used for political purposes by Democrats.
?I also found it quite hilarious that when asked for actual numbers, nobody here could actually provide them
because it?s not actually a problem in America or a major problem that?s facing black America,? she declared.
?White supremacy and white nationalism is not a problem that is harming black America,? Owens added
before calling on the African-American community to start ?putting fathers back in the home? and demanding
a return to ?God, religion and shrinking government.?