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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: KvP on 14 Feb 2011, 01:52
Title: New Radiohead Is Go. "King of Limbs" Digital: 2/19/2011, Vinyl in May
Post by: KvP on 14 Feb 2011, 01:52
Check it (http://kingoflimbs.com/).
Title: Re: New Radiohead Is Go. "King of Limbs" Digital: 2/19/2011, Vinyl in May
Post by: squawk on 14 Feb 2011, 03:15
This pleases me
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Post by: nous on 14 Feb 2011, 04:51
I like their approach.
Thanks for waiting, we're gonna release a record like, this week, hope that's cool with everybody.
They've not published a tracklist anywhere, have they?
Post by: tommydski on 14 Feb 2011, 07:30
I should probably go and listen to that last record then, huh.
Post by: NotAFanOfFenders on 14 Feb 2011, 07:45
Nah, I wouldn't bother.
yeah i mean i liked it okay but you probably really don't have to, except for reckoner
Post by: amok on 14 Feb 2011, 09:41
Just when I thought this year couldn't get any better.
In Rainbows was staggering, I have high hopes for this record.
Post by: scarred on 14 Feb 2011, 09:52
Yeah I'll download it but I've never greeted Radiohead news or listened to a Radiohead album with any enthusiasm. They've had a few good tracks in the past though.
Post by: Melodic on 14 Feb 2011, 10:26
itt, trying to pass off new radiohead album as "no big thing"
I mean I know Radiohead is a big deal and all that but I hit maturity way past their initial "holy shit" factor so now they just sound like Radiohead and not some world-moving game-changer (which I'm not even sure they were, but w/e).
Quote from: Ptommydski on 14 Feb 2011, 07:30
Depends on how much you enjoy pre-doo wop vocal groups (Ink Spots, et al).
Post by: Tom on 14 Feb 2011, 12:24
Quote from: amok on 14 Feb 2011, 09:41
In Rainbows was so much better than all their other 00's output
Quote from: Tom on 14 Feb 2011, 12:24
i hate to be that guy but
Post by: imagist42 on 14 Feb 2011, 15:29
I kind of have to agree. Not saying everything else in the decade sucked, but I really liked In Rainbows.
Still can't sign on to preorder this without hearing at least some of the material first.
i really liked in rainbows too but KID A AMNESIAC COME ON
I'M LISTENING TO I MIGHT BE WRONG RIGHT NOW
Post by: ThePianoMan on 14 Feb 2011, 17:04
Quote from: Melodic on 14 Feb 2011, 10:26
I mean, I was pretty excited, but I think Radiohead is passed the phase of actually releasing monolithic albums. They'll still release a great product, I'm sure, but I'd be surprised if it was a magnum opus.
Damned if In Rainbows wasn't a great album, though.
Post by: David_Dovey on 14 Feb 2011, 17:06
Quote from: scarred on 14 Feb 2011, 10:53
Why does this even fucking matter?
It was mostly in response to this:
I mean they've got good songs, but I missed the phase where there's a certain age bracket that reveres them as gods completely without fault.
Post by: Koremora on 14 Feb 2011, 17:12
Loved In Rainbows, can't imagine I won't love this too. Pre-ordered the "Newspaper Edition", if its anything as awesome as the discbox I'll be pleased. 2x clear 10"s are hard to argue with.
Oh right. Well yeah, I don't think even Radiohead thinks that, seeing as they're waiting til 5 days before releasing it to let everyone know what's up.
EDIT: Kinda bummed that they're not doing pay-what-you-want this time, I was looking forward to not paying very much for this.
Post by: JD on 14 Feb 2011, 17:14
They ain't no black flag.
Post by: nufan on 14 Feb 2011, 17:33
I actually think In Rainbows was as good as OK Computer/Kid A, it just wasn't seen as an artistic leap forward or whatever.
Whatever, they're my favourite band and they're bringing out a new album this weekend. FUCK. YES.
Post by: JimmyJazz on 14 Feb 2011, 20:02
Hey I enjoy Radiohead's music a lot but it's not like they're the Second Coming and all, something a large number of Radiohead fans seem to think. I thought In Rainbows was their best effort since Kid A and am looking forward to this one (but not the inevitable wave of Thom Yorke dick-sucking)
Quote from: squawk on 14 Feb 2011, 16:26
Kid A is all like beep bloop da weep. Opinions, what are you gonna do?
Post by: Inlander on 14 Feb 2011, 21:43
Quote from: JimmyJazz on 14 Feb 2011, 20:02
(but not the inevitable wave of Thom Yorke dick-sucking)
Wait so all this time that was just his orgasm face?!
(http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/thom-yorke.jpg)
Post by: sean on 15 Feb 2011, 01:05
my doggs told me this would be download ready to go on friday...
like is this ready to go now?
No, it goes live on 19/2
oh word thats not till saturday, ill keep that in mind.
Post by: Vuk on 16 Feb 2011, 08:46
This, pretty much. I like The Bends and OK Computer, but I feel like I was more into this band growing up. I mean I get they're influential and blah blah, but I really don't think they're anything special anymore.
Post by: Durin on 16 Feb 2011, 12:34
Radiohead still and always probably will hold a special place in my heart. The first band I ever saw in concert. And it was amazing.
Post by: De_El on 16 Feb 2011, 14:25
I've been considering what to make of this sudden announcement and the album's immanent release, and while I would be loath to lavish all kinds of praise on Radiohead, they consistently release records I find something I like in, and I've never completely ignored a Radiohead album the way I did, say, The Suburbs. So while I'm not gonna get huge hopes or expect anything in particular, I'm definitely going to listen to this when it comes out.
Press Shotz
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1159/9cae4c8fab7325454820cac.jpg)
Conspiring to kill Lincoln.
Also, photobombin'
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/1430/02d654a4c1f91c52fd4853b.jpg)
that last photo pretty neatly encapsulates why I dig Radiohead more now than when they were doing all the "important " stuff they did.
Hey, kids! Do you think "King of Limbs" is an extremely dumb thing to call a record? You're right, but it turns out the explanation behind it is actually quite cool;
The name of the new album relates to an oak tree in Wiltshire's Savernake Forest, thought to be around 1,000 years old. The forest lies around three miles away from Tottenham House, a listed country house where Radiohead recorded part of In Rainbows.
pic of the tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothyhackworth/3314603460/)
Oaks are my favourite tree, but man is that one ugly oak.
I don't like the cover.
Reminds me a bit of the There There (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQSLozK7aA) video.
This was posted like 30 seconds ago (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOa1a8hYP8&feature=player_embedded). Enjoying the song, it's sort of HTTT-esque. Video's funny too. Director is Garth Jennings aka Hammer & Tongs (of the Blur "Coffee and TV" milk carton video).
Song was apparently played live a time or two, but Radiohead previews stuff live a lot.
Post by: look out! Ninjas! on 18 Feb 2011, 03:20
So it's out now for anybody who has bought it, or like me bought it as soon as you read that it was out already even though it still says pre-order.
Opens strongly.
John A said this one should be on Warp Records. Fair assessment?
Post by: blanktom on 18 Feb 2011, 08:32
Quote from: tuathal on 18 Feb 2011, 05:48
Wow, this is too electronic for my liking.
Even after In Rainbows? Thom Yorke seems to be incorporating some of the influences that he first put forth on 'The Eraser', and I like it.
Also, listen to Codex some more. What a track.
I am loving this. Wine might be helping.
Just finished my first listen, and was really impressed. It sounds like nothing they've done before, but exactly like Radiohead. I can never really tell about the quality of an album after one listen, but here are some thoughts:
1) The first half is certainly the most rhythmically complex I've heard from a Radiohead album. I think KvP was right about the HTTT reference, it's got the same feel as The Gloaming or Backdrifts. I think it does sound electronic, but not in a Warp sort-of-a-way they've done before, sounds like they've used the electronics to provide trickier rhythms to some of the songs.
2) It doesn't sound as varied in tone or style as In rainbows. I get the feeling they restricted their palette alot more for this album than their previous 4 or 5.
3) The bleeding from Codex to Giving Up The Ghost is utterly fantastic.
4) It is the exact correct length for an album.
Post by: kwami42 on 18 Feb 2011, 12:17
Like any other Radiohead album, I liked a couple songs and the rest were pretty meh.
Post by: boneykingofnowhere on 18 Feb 2011, 12:43
(http://www.jessicasuarez.com/blog/images/thom2.gif)
Present-day Warp, sure. The B-side (tracks 5-8) are really quite different from the first 4, though. Might've worked better as a double-EP.
:psyduck:
Post by: tricia kidd on 18 Feb 2011, 14:00
Radiohead is following the Pearl Jam trajectory.
First album: Serviceable but nothing to write home about aside from a few tracks ("Jeremy", "Alive"/"Stop Whispering", "Anyone Can Play Guitar")
Second album: Major improvement, still a few problems, but good stuff.
Third album: Utter masterpiece.
Fourth album: Very good, retreat from the spotlight (I'm counting Kid A and Amnesiac as one album because they essentially are)
Everything else: Increasingly mediocre.
Wow, everything about that post is fucked
The first rule of Radiohead is you do not talk about Radiohead because inevitably a million people will jump your ass and insist that Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows are brilliant and YOU JUST DON'T GET IT MAN.
Quote from: tricia kidd on 18 Feb 2011, 14:06
Yeah that's totally what I said. I haven't even heard HTTT, I quite like IR, and you're reaching like crazy. Vitalogy was Pearl Jam's masterpiece, now? Bitch please.
You've spent too much time on /mu/
You said "everything" about the post was "fucked". Try not to be hyperbolic if you don't want a hyperbolic response, maybe?
And yes, Vitalogy is the best thing Pearl Jam has ever done, possibly the only thing they've done worth bothering with at all. Sorry I have an opinion?
Quote from: JD on 18 Feb 2011, 14:13
The only reason I even know what /mu/ is is because I saw some article about Andrew W.K. doing a live chat there. I can't imagine a worse fate than discussing music with 4chan people.
I wasn't being hyperbolic. I honestly think that every single part of that post was wrong and poorly-reasoned.
You don't think The Bends was an improvement over Pablo Honey?
I should probably have actually listened to King of Limbs before I posted anyway, because surprisingly I really like it. Like, a lot. Best thing they've done since Amnesiac.
Post by: Kyros on 18 Feb 2011, 15:03
I am a fan of King of Limbs for the same reason my favorite Radiohead album before this was Hail to the Theif, because these are the only 2 albums Radiohead has ever recorded that were JUST ALBUMS OF MUSIC.
Everything else has had too much baggage--with the exception of The Bends.
Well you seem to be as aggressive with your opinions as they are.
FUCKING CODEX
CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED TO CLOSE MY BBCODE THIS FUCKING SONG
As opposed to everyone else on here?
well khar is probably the other one who is even more agressive
Yeah but when I do it it's fucking charming
I don't ever expect anyone to agree with me. But I really have had way too many conversations (in Real Life, not on the internet) about Radiohead where people spend half an hour telling me how wrong I am for not caring about HTTT and In Rainbows. They're not bad but I've literally only ever listened to each of them maybe four times before giving up.
But I really, really love King of Limbs. Almost as much as that last Xiu Xiu album.
It's deeply worrying to me that anyone has heard a Pearl Jam record by choice, let alone enough of them to formulate an opinion on the trajectory of their discography.
I gave this record a cursory listen and it struck me as interesting. I like that they basically do whatever they like from album to album and this one is certainly brave. Clearly some good ideas here and there but I do wish they'd sound a bit less digital at times. They have two very good guitarists (who I know play lots of other instruments) and a decent rhythm section and I sometimes feel like they are all being underused by Yorke's continuing fascination with electronic based music. However, I'm all for people who follow their muse and we're not exactly short of rock bands so fair play to them. I'm curious as to how they represent all of this in the live arena but not enough to actually brave the kind of venue it would necessitate.
The video to that single is excellent. Really good.
I have no experience in this either but I've been told that they manage to do quite well reproducing the songs live, and that there's actually less going on than there might seem, certainly enough for five guys to crank out live.
I too am of the opinion that Radiohead should just rock out once or twice per album, it is good when they do that e.g; "Bodysnatchers"
It's deeply worrying to me that you are deeply worried about what music other people listen to.
Guys how do I know when to be emotionally invested in a song if there's not a guitar there to indicate it
Serious question
Ho-hum, here we go again.
Thanks for bringing up Pearl Jam in this thread, keep pretending to be your sister.
Quote from: KvP on 18 Feb 2011, 15:55
Really cool chord changes.
If those aren't there then I get confused
I listen to Chopin and I'm like "fuck we need to get Clapton to come and cover this shit"
I'm just going ahead to call this Kid C. Definitely not a bad thing to be Kid C by any means.
Thanks for being a total fucking asshole. I don't even have a sister, just a brother.
You are your brother, you are not your sister, your sister is your brother.
you said my FATHER was my father, but my UNCLE is my father! MY FATHER IS MY UNCLE!
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcmp24FRF61qcie8lo1_r2_500.png)
My brother is living in San Francisco and recording an album with Anton Newcombe.
Actually I do have three half-sisters, but I tend to forget their existence.
Post by: Johnny C on 18 Feb 2011, 17:05
i deeply need this to be real and true
They have two very good guitarists (who I know play lots of other instruments) and a decent rhythm section and I sometimes feel like they are all being underused by Yorke's continuing fascination with electronic based music.
hm! i don't know about this. what i know about the members of radiohead is that they are all interested in making new and interesting sounds come out of stuff. i think the reason they've been a band for so long and made the records they have is that their muses line up a lot when they sit down to make a record, you know?
Well last I heard (a week ago) he's waiting on Anton to actually get there, he doesn't live in the US full-time anymore. Also, quoting from the email, "no surprise anton is a control freak and has decided to re-write 3 of my own songs, in a shocking bit of compromise both versions will be on the record, he is singing almost every song but that is my decision because you know how much my voice sucks, also i met this homeless girl from marin co. who is singing on a few tracks".
(http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz249/zibzib200/HA_HA_HA_OH_WOW.jpg)
Post by: StaedlerMars on 18 Feb 2011, 17:42
I was listening to this album but then I opened a link to the new Digitalism song and forgot about it, so when it started playing I was just like "what the fuck is this?"
For the rest: I think I'm too tired to pass judgement.
Damnit Anna.
First impressions are very positive. I really like Selway's beats on this one and Give Up the Ghost is absolutely gorgeous. I wish they rocked out more on this one though. Not that Radiohead needs to rock out to be good, I just like the way they do it. I liked In Rainbows but it wouldn't have been nearly as good had they not filled their "balls-out" quota with Bodysnatchers.
Post by: SSPKR on 18 Feb 2011, 19:38
Quote from: boneykingofnowhere on 18 Feb 2011, 19:21
I definitely was up for more Bodysnatchers rock, but this album is blowing me away. I'm absolutely sold. The rhythm section is outrageous. The only thing that I can't figure out is what the hell Ed O'Brien is doing on most of these songs. Doesn't really matter, I guess.
He crushes the brews and cuts the bitches.
Actually he prolly handles effects pedals and smokes a lot of weed.
I've only listened to the album twice so far, but I as of now I think it's just ok. Some of the songs are fantastic ("Codex," Seperator") and while others aren't particularly bad, they just don't go anywhere. Like others in the thread have said I enjoy the fact that Radiohead follow their muses and like to try new things, and I'd rather they do that than churn out the same music over and over again to avoid alienating anyone.
Feral fucking rules.
Thanks, Me
Post by: Ctharlhie94 on 19 Feb 2011, 06:10
I revere them as Gods completely without fault.
EDIT: God you guys, why not just agree to disagree? Everyone has completely different opinions on them and on 'what's the best thing they've done'. Me, I love all of their albums apart from Pablo Honey. I'm also increasingly desperately waiting to hear King of Limbs :/
No one likes Pablo Honey. No one.
Agree with whoever said this was the perfect length for an album - same with the last one, thought it was a good idea to release a second disc with all the of the odds 'n ends rather than clogging up the main album à la HTTT.
It's also the best thing they've done for quite awhile.
Interesting idea that they may release an outtakes album in the same vein as Amnesiac, I'm sure they have enough material for it.
New one and In Rainbows both good, I listened to both today. No stinkers on either album.
I really liked Hail To The Thief, ultimately a polarising album it seems. Even the stuff which didn't really work for me at the time is pretty good with hindsight.
I enjoy at least two-thirds of the tracks on HTTT but I can never listen to the whole thing in one go from start to finish for some reason. It just feels poorly put together as a tracklist.
I really can't stand 'We Suck Young Blood' on HTTT and that's all really, I skip that track and can listen to it all in one go. I love the dark fairy tale feel to it, almost as if they were trying to put a soundtrack to the stories of the Brother's Grimm, and yet managing to make some kind of political point at the same time.
HTTT is probably my least favorite (Pablo Honey doesn't count, that was by some other band), but There There is the best Radiohead song. Fact.
Huh. I always felt Amnesiac was my least favorite Radiohead album with HTTT as my favorite.
Opinions how do they work?
Quote from: Ctharlhie94 on 19 Feb 2011, 06:54
I really can't stand 'We Suck Young Blood' on HTTT and that's all really, I skip that track and can listen to it all in one go.
In contrast, I have been known to listen to that song on repeat for an hour straight, with the occasional dose of "Life in a Glasshouse" thrown in.
The more I listen to this, the more I get the feeling that the first half of the album is just the band carrying out experiments in technique and playing around with production ideas before hunkering down for the second half, the real crux of it all. It's like halfway through "Feral" they just decide "Okay guys, time to get serious now" and then give us what amounts to a pretty damn top-notch EP. The fucking sequence from "Lotus Flower" through "Give Up the Ghost" is just breathtaking, and "Separator" gives us a nice cool-down following all that intensity.
NEW IDEA: use this shit as workout accompaniment
Quote from: Durin on 19 Feb 2011, 11:54
I always see Amnesiac as Kid A's little brother seeing as the songs are kinda outtakes from Kid A. Oddly the songs all sound like they could have been on Kid A and yet have their own character that means Amnesiac works as an album in its own right. I don't really understand why people bash Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows. In Rainbows for me was like, 'oh, that's cool', and then after that it got better every single time I heard it, and it still does.
Oh Amnesiac definitely feels like its own album and is distinct from Kid A in a lot of ways. Furthermore, it's still a good album. I just feel like the others are better. Not including Pablo Honey. I never even listened to Pablo Honey.
Have they ever actually said Amnesiac was "the b-sides of Kid A"? If they did, I think they're lying or exaggerating. Either way, Amnesiac is by far my favorite, and after several listens I think King of Limbs is right behind it. There's just something haunting and great about it that I felt was missing from Hail and Rainbows.
Pablo Honey really does have some good songs on it, there's no reason to completely avoid it. "Stop Whispering" is as good as the best songs on The Bends, easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECnzN8P6KQ
I don't know if you haven't listened to them enough to appreciate them or whether you've listened to them and have your opinions (which I won't knock even though I disagree :P ) but Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows certainly have their haunting moments; songs like 'Stand up, Sit Down', 'Sail to the Moon', 'Where I End and You Begin', 'Wolf at the Door' from HTTT and 'Reckoner', 'Weird Fishes', 'All I Need' and 'Videotape' from In Rainbows always have a profound effect on me and boast a level of more human emotion that is strangely absent from some parts of Kid A and Amnesiac, however more artistic and experimental they may be (though 'How to Disappear Completely' always gets me).
Amnesiac isn't b sides as such, but I remember reading the songs are leftovers from the Kid A sessions (and damn fine leftovers they are, too), the alternate version of Morning Bell seems to support this.
I don't know if you haven't listened to them enough to appreciate them
I've been listening to Radiohead since I was 5 or 6, when my father took me to see them open for REM after Pablo Honey had just come out.
Hail and Rainbows have songs that could be described as "haunting", I agree, but not in the way that Amnesiac and King of Limbs are in my opinion.
Leftovers or B-Sides seem to me to be the wrong words. The band have said that the songs on Amnesiac didn't really fit onto Kid A, which I can completely understand; I can't see any of the songs from Amnesiac working on Kid A, it would just completely break the mood of both albums. I think of Amnesiac as something of an oddity in the Radiohead discography. It contains some of my favourite radiohead songs (Life in a Glass House, Pyramid Song, Packt Like Sardines) and some of my least (Pulk/Pull, the alternate version of Morning Bell), but both have their own mood separate from each other.
Also, the person who said that the songs form Kid A/Amnesiac lack human emotion: I can't think of more emotional songs than Pyramid Song or Motion Picture Soundtrack. They will soundtrack my funeral.
Quote from: nufan on 19 Feb 2011, 17:13
I said some parts :P Believe me, I'm not denying the emotional weight of either Kid A or Amnesiac, but some of the songs are emotionally distanced (by necessity according to Yorke) compared to say In Rainbows which I can more easily relate too. They're just different emotions. This is all subjective anyway, and it's the genius of Radiohead that they can produce such distinct moods with each album, and that we can have this kind of discussion is a testament to that.
To clarify: Amnesiac isn't exactly B-sides from Kid A. Both albums simply consist of songs that are (mostly) from the same recording sessions. So while Amnesiac was released a year later and has a completely unique tone, it was born at the same time as Kid A.
If Wikipedia is to be believed, they're different interpretations of the same theme. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesiac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesiac) The Gnostic theme is really fascinating.
I am a Gnostic, so that is interesting, and I had not heard that before.
"Pyramid Song" is also (rather obviously) derived from Egyptian religion, as well. It's also literally the best song I have ever heard (sorry, "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space").
K so I just wikpediaed Codex and it came up with
A codex (Latin caudex for "trunk of a tree")
I love this band
re: Amnesiac, if you (you meaning you reading this right now) hasn't read John "Mountain Goats Guy" Darnielle's analysis of the album (http://tumblr.insomnius.org/post/1430082034/john-darnielle-on-amnesiac), you should. It's a really inspired take and it's just good criticism.
This is seriously the best thing. It nails all the reasons I think it's their best album better than I ever could.
Amnesiac is your favourite radiohead album and you happen to be a Gnostic. :psyduck:
I was really, really enjoying this. Then this sentence happened:
"the involuntary convulsions of our esophagi arrhythmically retching against the diabetic coma-inducing sweetness"
and I gave up.
That was when I realised I truly love this man.
Well that analysis has revealed Amnesiac as the work of dark and twisted beauty I had never suspected it of being.
too good
Also this album should be listened to with a good pair of headphones. It is definitely not optimized for car speakers.
Has the guy who wrote any more like that on the other Radiohead albums? Because I would love to read more.
He's the songwriter behind The Mountain Goats but he also wrote the classic 33⅓ book on the Black Sabbath album Masters of Reality. Great read.
You might like The Mountain Goats too, though I confess I go back and forth on them.
Has the guy who wrote that written any more like that on the other Radiohead albums? Because I would love to read more.
I think Tommy's response was supposed to highlight the other work of John Darnielle, which includes the Mountain Goats and that book in the 33⅓ series. No other musical criticism on Radiohead written by the man was mentioned, so it's safe to assume such writing doesn't exist and and that your question was answered, right?
No need to be rude. If he had more analysis like this, I'm sure I would have heard of it. I think he wrote about Amnesiac largely because he felt it was misunderstood.
You... didn't suspect there was anything dark about the album before reading that?
Ah sorry guys, I hit quote instead of modify, I was editing a grammar mistake in my post and put my post in the thread a second time, no rudeness intended! :oops: (this is why forums annoy me, communication without expression and body language is so easily taken the wrong way)
@Tricia; I knew it was dark, I just never rated it as much as the other albums. Is it weird that after reading that stuff, you and whose army? does actually make my gorge rise, me writing and thinking about it is eliciting the same response! :psyduck:
Post by: brew on 21 Feb 2011, 14:49
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgeT2hzxrQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgeT2hzxrQ)
Ah sorry guys, I hit quote instead of modify, I was editing a grammar mistake in my post and hit put my post in the thread a second time, no rudeness intended!
You think it's bad for you, because I see the "modify" button on above everyone's posts once or twice I've gone to quote someone and accidentally ended up butchering their post instead!
Post by: pwhodges on 21 Feb 2011, 15:01
No good making excuses - it's just the irresistible allure of exercising that raw power...
My post could have been a lot clearer or y'know actually answering his single question.
Post by: PintsizesBloodyCock on 21 Feb 2011, 17:27
God-DAMN this album is brilliant in places. Lotus Flower has fucking swagger, plus a vocal melody on par with Nude. Separator is just plain amazing. Give up the Ghost is chillingly beautiful, but feels a bit unfinished. Little By Little fucking swaggers, too. There's an air of confidence all over the album, even when it feels like it's coming apart.
Honestly, though, I would have loved to have seen Skirting on the Surface on there, along with The Amazing Sounds of Orgy (in a different arrangement, something closer to Little by Little).
Amazing Sounds of Orgy is on the Amnesiac B-sides comp.
I was listening to this while riding my bike home tonight and turned off the main road into the darker, quieter seats, and could see the mountains rising up before me and the stars reigning over them, and right at that moment the opening chords of "Give Up the Ghost" kicked in. It was such a beautifully surreal experience I almost cried (but that may have had something to do with the chill wind in my face making my eyes water).
Not really that big of a coincidence, Gnosticism has been getting a lot more popular in the last decade or so, and to a lesser extent even before that. I was raised on Philip K. Dick (who converted to Gnosticism awhile before he died) and Robert Anton Wilson and analyses of early Christian mysticism (Holy Blood, Holy Grail - stuff like that).
The band name A Place To Bury Strangers is a Gnostic reference, for example. There are major Gnostic churches (and "churches" because Gnosticism is a pretty big tent and not everyone involved with it is "religious" so much as they are "philosophical"). Religious colleges have been offering legitimate Reverend/Preacher status for Gnostics.
Not to mention reading the Nag Hammadi texts was pretty much a staple for metaphysical hippie types like my dad back in the 60s/70s.
I confess I go back and forth on [The Mountain Goats].
what you say!!!!!!!!
wait wait wait WHAT
(http://i.imgur.com/GtvNq.gif)
Quote from: PintsizesBloodyCock on 21 Feb 2011, 17:27
Little By Little fucking swaggers, too.
That bassline is dirty but OH SO GOOD.
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Some twitter/tumblr pictures will give unique one time only urls to prevent unauthorised reposting.
Noooooooo
Post by: KvP on 18 Apr 2011, 13:17
If you bought the album before Saturday, the RSD single is available for free download on the KoL website.


The Vancouver Island Military Museum is pleased to announce the date of the Dedication Cermony for the Veterans Wall of Honour. Join the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia,The Honourable Judith Guichon O.B.C., and the families of veterans in front of the museum on Cameron Road at 2pm Thursday June 16th.
Winter 2016 Newsletter is now online.
Nanaimo Centotaph Ceremony 11 a.m.
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The Gulkevichi district is situated in the northeastern part of the most fertile region of Russia – the Krasnodar region. Many features of the Kuban landscape are reflected in the nature of the district. There are boundless steppes, forests, natural and artificial water reservoirs and smoothly carrying its water a main water artery of the Krasnodar region, the Kuban River, in the district.
The area of the district is 1396.2 sq. kilometers. The population is 99.2 thousand people. The administrative center of the district is a town of Gulkevichi, which population is 34.3 thousand people; it is located in 165 km from the regional center and the international airport of Krasnodar and in 344 km from the nearest seaport.
Currently, the Gulkevichi district is a Municipal Formation with a developed infrastructure. There are three railway stations in the district. It is crossed by the portion of the federal highway M29 "Caucasus" "Rostov – Makhachkala". The whole district is covered by an extensive network of highways, providing year-round connection.
The gas pipeline Aleksandrovsk – Leningradskaya, the pipeline Malgobek – Tikhoretsk and a fiber-optic linear connection is laid on the territory of the district.
By its economic characteristics, it is an industrial and agricultural district. It has a high potential for development of the mining industry of common mineral resources (sand and gravel), which caused placing largest regional industrial enterprises on the territory of the district. The main products produced by enterprises of the district are as follows: prefabricated reinforced concrete products, wall materials (including silicate and ceramic brick), steel metal constructions, nonmetallic construction materials, complete feeds and high protein animal feeds, sand sugar, starch, glucose syrup, milk and milk products (cheese, cottage cheese, butter, sour cream and spreads), bread and bakery products.
Agriculture is another major direction of the district economy. There are more than 94% of the total farm lands on the black soils of the district. About 85% of agricultural lands are in the use of agricultural producers. More than half the acreages is used under crops, almost a quarter of them is used under sowing of forage cultures. There is mainly dairy livestock here. The main types of agricultural products are grains and legumes, sugar beet, oilseeds, potatoes, vegetables, livestock, poultry and milk.
The favorable investment climate enables small and medium enterprises to successfully develop their businesses, improve the quality of public services, and simultaneously take part in the improvement of the territory and the implementation of social programs.
Thanks to the successful combination of natural resources with favorable environments and active work of the local authorities to engage direct producers into interregional relations, many promising projects are implemented and put into practice.


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PDP SETS UP ZONING C'TTEE FOR 2023 ELECTION; APPROVES SALE OF NOMINATION FORMS FOR PRIMARIES (Communique Issued at the End of 95th National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Held Today, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja
Communique Issued at the End of 95th National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Held Today, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja
The National Executive Committee (NEC), after extensive deliberations on issues of urgent national importance as well as preparations for the 2023 general elections resolved as follows:
NEC commended the effort of the various organs of our Party, the National Working Committee (NWC), the National Caucus, the National Assembly Caucus, the Board of Trustees (BoT), the PDP Governors' Forum and our structures at various levels in stabilizing our Party for the task ahead.
NEC also commended the commitment of the National Working Committee (NWC) under the Chairmanship of Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to further unite and reposition the Party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
NEC applauded the NWC for the success of the Party in the Local Government election in the FCT as well as in recent bye-elections across the country. NEC also commended the NWC for successful conduct of the PDP primaries for Ekiti and Osun States' governorship elections respectively and charged all Party members to work hard to ensure victory in the two elections.
NEC expressed confidence in the ability of the NWC to lead our Party to win the Presidential election, majority of state governors as well as majority of seats in the National and State Assemblies.
On the state of the nation, NEC strongly condemned the insincerity, corruption and insensitivity of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration resulting in worsening insecurity and agonizing economic hardship in the country.
NEC also condemned the abysmal corruption in the APC government which is responsible for the excruciating fuel crisis and collapse of our national grid that have crippled economic and social activities in our country.
NEC notes that Nigerians are now looking up to the PDP for solution and as such urged all Party members to remain united in the PDP's mission to Rescue and Rebuild our country from the misrule of the APC.
Preparations for the 2023 General Elections:
NEC approved the PDP Electoral Guidelines for the conduct of Primary Elections
NEC approved the Timetable and Schedule of Activities of the PDP for the 2023 general elections.
NEC approved a 50% reduction in nomination fees for youths aged 25 to 30 years for various elective positions.
NEC also approved the commencement of sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms from Thursday, March 17, 2022
The following amounts for the Forms were approved by NEC: (i) State House of Assembly -Expression of Interest – N100,000=
Nomination Form N500,000= (ii) House of Representatives- Expression of Interest – N500,000=
Nomination Form N2,000,000= (iii) Senate – Expression of Interest – N500,000=
Nomination Form N3,000,000= (iv) Governorship – Expression of Interest – N1,000,000=
Nomination Form N20,000,000= (v) President – Expression of Interest – N5,000,000=
Nomination Form N35,000,000=
NEC also approved the establishment of a 37-member Zoning Committee to make recommendations for the zoning of various elective positions for the 2023 general elections.
Signed:
Hon. Debo Ologunagba
National Publicity Secretary
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The Department of Physiology at MCW is working to understand fundamental principles of cardiovascular regulation and disease through a variety of...
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The department of Physiology's computational biology and bioinformatics research is about harnessing the power of the computer to understand biology...
The department of Physiology is widely recognized as a leader in the development of genetic and genomic technologies and the application of these...
The department of Physiology's metabolism research emphasis is on the study of metabolic alterations in obesity and diabetes.
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The department of Physiology's neurophysiology research focuses primarily on understanding the neural mechanisms involved in the control of breathing...
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The department of Physiology's respiratory physiology research focuses primarily on understanding the neural mechanisms involved in the control of...
Cardiovascular Center (CVC)
The MCW Cardiovascular Center, directed by Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC, translates biological science into clinical applications for care and treatment of patients. CVC physicians serve patients with heart and vascular diseases at Froedtert Hospital, Children's Wisconsin, the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center and other regional facilities.
CVC researchers, working in one of the largest laboratory complexes in the U.S., have made significant accomplishments toward understanding and preventing diseases such as stroke, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes. The National Institutes of Health named the MCW CVC a Specialized Center for Research on Hypertension, one of only five in the U.S. Established in 1992, the Cardiovascular Center has more than 150 physicians and scientists from 23 departments at the Medical College of Wisconsin involved in multi-disciplinary research.
Center of Systems Molecular Medicine (CoSMM)
The Center of Systems Molecular Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin is directed by Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD, Eminent Scholar, Professor of Physiology. The mission of the CoSMM is to develop and apply systems molecular approaches to improve the understanding and treatment of human disease. The primary function of the CoSMM is to serve as an intellectual incubator for research and project development. The current areas of focus at the CoSMM are microRNA, epigenomics, and related translational research.
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The Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center (GSPMC) at MCW has its roots in the launch of the Human Genome Project and the 1999 founding of the MCW Human and Molecular Genetics Center. The Human and Molecular Genetics Center had the goal of developing and promoting genomic technologies and approaches and applying them to the study of genetic disorders. The plan called for developing the research expertise to capitalize on the remarkable progress of the Human Genome Project. Having the entire sequence of the human genome and several other model organisms and pathogens means that, in principle, for the first time scientists have a full compendium of genes related to health and disease. Over the next several decades, our scientists will focus on defining gene function (functional genomics) and how genes interact with each other and the environment to produce disease. The GSPMC is charged with developing the critical infrastructure needed to position the Medical College of Wisconsin as a leader in functional genomics. The investigators currently part of the GSPMC work in the areas of bioinformatics, genomics, high-throughput sequencing, and the development and use of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), expression analysis (microarray), and translational biology (transgenic and knock-out technologies).
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The Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Biomedical Engineering is dedicated to the development and application of novel technologies in biomedical research.
It has five major areas of focus: proteomics, genomics, computational biology, molecular imaging, and technology development, each with an emphasis on the application and transfer of technology. One of the major goals is to help create productive interfaces and synergy between the various academic departments at MCW, other universities both within Wisconsin and nationally, and with the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
The director is Andrew S. Greene, PhD, Professor of Physiology.
General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
At the General Clinical Research Center, the principles of science, need, and diversity converge to provide a foundation that facilitates research excellence and improves the health of diverse populations.
Founded in 1961, the General Clinical Research Center of the Medical College of Wisconsin is directed by Theodore Kotchen (Interim Director), and was one of the first National Institutes of Health-sponsored GCRC sites. The MCW GCRC includes an Adult Center located in the Lower Level Pavilion at Froedtert Hospital and an outpatient Pediatric and Transfusion Medicine Satellite located in Children's Wisconsin.
Program for Genetic Applications (PGA)
One of the mainstays of research in the Department of Physiology at MCW is its National Institutes of Health-sponsored Program for Genetics Application entitled Physiogenomics of Stressors in Derived Consomic Rats & Knock-Out Rats for Physiological Genomics.
This PGA is focused on understanding the genetic basis of fundamental mechanistic pathways of the heart, lung, kidney, blood and vasculature through development of consomic rat panels and knockout models and physiological genomics, using environmental stressors. The dissemination of PhysGen data, animals, tissue slides, and bioinformatics resources to a large number of investigators is providing a valuable new tool to allow the linkage of genetic sequence information for the identification of gene function and the genetic basis of complex diseases.
Program Project Grants (PPGs)
The Program Project Grant in the department of Physiology is entitled Blood Pressure – Determinants & Controllers (funded by National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute grant 5 P01 HL29587-22, Allen J. Cowley, Jr., Principal Investigator). Ongoing for many years, this project was designed to explore the renal and vascular mechanisms involved in the long-term control of arterial pressure. We are currently focused on the interactions of the three important controllers of renal and peripheral vascular tone and arterial pressure: nitric oxide, 20-HETE and angiotensin II.
Part of what makes this program so strong is its position within a cluster of powerful, ongoing research programs supported by the within the department. Some of the most recent include:
Knock-out Rats for Physiological Genomics
(NIH/NHLBI grant 5 U01 HL66579-05, Howard J. Jacob, Principal Investigator)
The major goals of this project are to develop, phenotype, and distribute 56 consomic strains in the form of reciprocal chromosomal substitutions.
SCOR-Molecular Genetics of Hypertension
(NIH/NHLBI grant 5 P50 HL54998-09, Allen J. Cowley, Jr., Principal Investigator)
This project's goal is to determine the genetic loci and specific genes whose expression results in hypertension and in important phenotypic changes associated with hypertension.
P450 Eicosanoids and Altered Renal Function
(NIH/NHLBI grant 2 R01 HL36279-18, Richard J. Roman, Principal Investigator)
To study the role of the diminished production of 20-HETE in the thick ascending limb of Henle C1 - transport and in the development of hypertension in Dahl rats.
Physiological Genomics of Hypertensive Renal Disease
(NIH/NHLBI grant 1-R01 HL69321-02, Howard J. Jacob, Principal Investigator)
The major goal of this project is to define the genes on chromosome 1 responsible for the development of proteinuria and glomerular disease in Fawn-Hooded rats.
Mechanisms Regulating Nutritive Cerebral Blood Flow
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Project 2: NO-20-HETE Interaction in the Control of Cerebral Vascular Tone
Core B: Biochemical and Molecular Core. This project was designed to study the role of 20-HETE in mediating the effects of nitric oxide on cerebral vascular tone.
MCW Proteomics Center
The MCW Proteomics Center is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop novel technologies for mass spectroscopy-based proteomic research. The project's goal is to enable quantitative analysis of the entire proteome (full complement of proteins expressed) of a single cell. This is a very technically challenging target and requires careful refinement at each step in the process, both experimental and computational. Through this refinement, we hope to dramatically increase the sensitivity, resolution and mass range of the analysis process to the point where single cell analysis is possible. The project includes a very strong group of collaborators in addition to MCW researchers, together creating a team of unique capabilities to take on this uniquely difficult problem. It is directed by Andrew S. Greene, PhD.
Rat Genome Database
The Rat Genome Database is an online database that provides data and tools that support rat genomic research worldwide. RGD curates and integrates rat information published by members of the community, providing access via its website and unique analysis tools, all of which were developed to facilitate the use of the rat as a model system.


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Apple News, RSS, or Both?
By mehgcap, 18 September, 2015
The News Quandary
In June, Apple unveiled its News app, which pulls together news from around the web and lets you read it all in one place, like an RSS reader. Unlike traditional RSS services, though, News can get an idea of what sources and topics interest you, then pull articles from everywhere that it thinks relate to the things you like. It's a curated news service, rather than the simple pipe of RSS feeds. In other words, instead of getting every article published by sources you follow, News gives you interesting articles from a wide array of sources.
This approach has a lot of advantages over RSS, but it also has its downsides. Unfortunately, many of us have to choose one or the other; there simply isn't enough time in a day to keep up with high-traffic RSS feeds and Apple News. As you try to figure out what to do, consider the following.
Apple News isn't bound to specific feeds. It might see that you liked a science story on CNN, so it will serve you more science stories from sources you otherwise wouldn't follow, such as Slate or Wired. It won't give you every story from those sites, only the ones it thinks will interest you. This curation is a great feature; you get to read articles you would otherwise have missed, and your horizons get expanded as topics similar to, but not quite the same as, what you like get pulled into your list of stories. Likewise, you will see few to no articles from sources you like that don't interest you. For instance, you might get science articles from Wired, but none of the pop culture pieces. With RSS, following a feed means you get everything, no matter what.
The way Apple News works also lets you cut down on the stories you don't care about. I follow several high-volume RSS feeds, and I find myself skipping past many of the articles that arrive in my RSS readers. Apple's News app works differently, feeding me what it thinks I might like. This not only delivers less overall traffic, it means I skip less articles. Best of all, the more I read and "like" the items offered by the app, the better Apple News learns my interests, and the better that list will get. RSS is, as I mentioned before, just a pipe for anything and everything put out by a given feed. Apple News, on the other hand, has a complex filtration system built into that pipe, delivering only the content I might actually care to read. The filter even listens to my input and adapts over time.
News is also easier to add to than RSS on iOS. On a website that supports News (such as this very one), just tap the Share button in Safari while browsing the site. You'll see an option to "add to News", which will let yo do exactly that. With RSS, you have to locate the RSS feed link, copy it, open your RSS app of choice, add a feed, and paste the URL. Doable, certainly, but not nearly as convenient.
This point is more subjective, but I feel it worth mentioning all the same. The way I manage my RSS feeds, I feel like I have to get through them all, until the badge on whatever app I'm using goes away. I hate to just delete a bunch of stories without at least looking at the titles, which I realize is something not everyone will understand. I mention it because Apple News has no badge, and feels more like you're checking in to see what's going on. If I miss a few days, I open News, see what's new and interesting, and that's it. I no longer have the feeling that there's a huge backlog of articles I have to go through. Again, this is very subjective--people look at and use RSS apps differently, and many won't understand my perspective. For those who do get where I'm coming from, though, know that News imposes less "pressure" than RSS, in my mind at least.
Apple News' greatest strength--the filter in the pipe--can also be its greatest weakness. What happens if you miss interesting or important stories because News didn't think you'd care to read them? What if there's a whole range of topics and sources out there you'll never discover, thanks to your filter having been tweaked in just the wrong way? With RSS, you get a lot of information, but the filtering is all done by you. You'll never miss anything, because you're reading all the headlines, not just the ones a computer thinks you'll enjoy.
Another problem with Apple News is that it's something sites have to opt into and actively support. Doing so isn't hard, but it does take some effort. Small blogs, and even some news sources, may not currently--or ever--be onboard. If your local newspaper or favorite blog isn't on Apple News, then you'll never get stories from then in your News feed at all. RSS is far easier for web authors to handle, and normally comes automatically set up for blogs and websites nowadays. That means that, instead of actively supporting a specific news service from a specific company (Apple), authors get RSS for free and need do nothing more than publish their content in the way they choose.
Speaking of publishing, News currently has some teething problems. These will likely be fixed before long, but they are worth mentioning. The service has trouble with updated content--it might display stories that a website has since deleted, or it might fail to show the updated version of a story that has been modified since its original publishing. It may also offer multiple versions of the same story if the publisher has renamed an article; News could show one version with the original name, then another with the new name. Fortunately, these seem to be mostly on Apple's end, meaning that they can probably be fixed without the need for any updates to iOS. Still, we have no idea when such a fix might come along, and until then, any site that publishes content it then updates may give you problems.
Another limitation of Apple News is its lack of platform support. As of right now, the app that comes with iOS9 is the only one out there. There's no Mac app, no web interface, and certainly no Windows or Android client. Instead of skimming through RSS feeds on whatever device you happen to have with you, using Apple News will limit you to the use of your iOS device, and that's it. Of course, this could change at any time, but for now we have no indication that it will. If you normally read news on your iThing anyway, this won't be a problem, but if you use any other device for the task, this limitation could prove to be a huge stumbling block for you.
On the topic of restrictions, News is currently limited to only a few countries. Apple plans to roll it out to more locations over the coming months, but the point remains that News is only available based on your region. RSS, on the other hand, is much more widespread and less restrictive.
Finally, News doesn't offer notifications. Some apps--RSS or otherwise--can notify you when big stories break, or when an ongoing story is updated with new information. As of right now, Apple's offering has no such feature, so you'll want to turn elsewhere for real-time notifications, if that's important to you.
Either Or, or Both And?
Using RSS can be overwhelming, especially if you like to keep up with several high-profile news outlets. Using Apple News, though, runs the risk of omitting important stories that you'll never know you missed. The decision is between too much information, but information you control, or letting computers and remote humans serve you less--but more focused and interesting--stories to read.
However, there is a way to use both, kind of. If you can accept that News is going to be your source for, well, news, then you might find it a relief to unsubscribe from all your RSS feeds. Sure, you may miss a story here and there, but overall, you could find you prefer having a more manageable and interesting list of articles to read. For any website not using Apple News, you can still rely on good old RSS. Checking both isn't really a hassle, given how much smaller your RSS feed list would be, and you can end up with the best of both worlds.
Personally, I've removed a few high-traffic RSS feeds, and am currently using the hybrid approach. My main source of news (lowercase) is News (uppercase), while my source for updates to non-News sources--such as personal blogs--is still RSS. I love being able to check RSS on my Mac or iPhone, and very much wish I could do the same for Apple News. That said, the News app is easy to use and very well made for VoiceOver, so it's not much of a hardship to be forced onto my phone to check out what's happening.
The big question for everyone who consumes news through RSS will be: lots of content you control, or less content you don't control as much but that is tailored to you? Only you can make the final decision. Of course, there's no requirement to switch to News--if you dislike it, simply shove the app into the same folder as all your other unused Apple apps, and forget all about it. That said, I recommend everyone gives it a shot, at least for a few days. You might be surprised at how much you come to like it. Remember, too, that some of the limitations I listed above can be dealt with by updates. Push notifications, regional availability, support for updated feeds, and even the algorithms doing the filtering can all be addressed by Apple as the News platform matures and expands. Similarly, news sources can choose to get onboard at any time, making it possible that the outlets you currently have to check through RSS will be available in News tomorrow.
What will you be doing? Dumping RSS and using Apple News, or tossing the News app in a corner and never touching it? Will you try to juggle both News and RSS, or dive into News and see how it works? Share your thoughts in the comments!
I am trying news right now
By Greg Wocher
I am going to try using news because I find myself just skipping over a lot of stories in the RSS feeds I watch anyways. One problem I am noticing is that when I add a feed to my favorites in the news app I don't seem to be getting the most recent posts. For example, I have AppleVis in my favorites and the newest article it shows is the one on iTunes 12.3. Is there a way to fix this so I can see more recent articles in my favorites?
Greg Wocher
If you're really into news, RSS has the upper hand
By Amir
Very interesting article!
The way I look at the situation is that the News app has been designed with casual users of news in mind. As such, if you're really into news, it's difficult to imagine how one can add a certain channel to Apple News and miss many or most of its posts. I've tried adding several topics such as "Iran" or "nuclear agreement" to Apple News, but it provides me with very few posts and most of them aren't up-to-date either. Moreover, if I add, say, NPR or CNN to Apple News, I can't decide which branch or subsection of those I want in my feed. Consequently it's not surprising that I still use and depend on my beloved "lire Full-text RSS Reader" when it comes to reading and digesting news.
I'm a hybrid user. I totally
By smhy
I'm a hybrid user. I totally understand the dynamic of being addicted to news browsing and also having the masses of unread items in my RSS reader stress me out to no end. News is helping with this. I have deleted some of my RSS feeds that I don't really read, but keep them around because, as mentioned, I have a compulsive need to read the entire internet. I replaced those feeds with News feeds, and I feel much better about them because I only get a select number of articles and, because I don't need to empty the feeds or anything, I feel no need to look at every headline.
Also, you can actually subscribe to the feeds of individual publications on News. It's not all just topic-based.
Also also, another downside to News is it seems like you have to be connected to the internet to use it. So no offline reading convenience like with Lire, Newsify, etc.
Love That it's Accessible, but News is Not for Me
By Michael Hansen
First, it's wonderful that News is accessible and that users have options. While I've concluded that News is not for me, accessibility was happily not one of the deciding factors.
For me, the issues with News are:
You can't import your RSS feeds from an OPML file and have to re-add everything from scratch. While this is a non-issue for someone just getting started reading news on an iOS device, it's a deal-breaker for me--as I have lots of feeds, and re-adding all of them would be tedious at best.
Not every publication is available on Apple News, whereas just about every modern website has an RSS feed. I don't have time, or the desire, to try and figure out what's available on Apple News and what isn't...I want something that I know will work every time.
When compared to full-text options like Newsify or Lire, article formatting in Apple News leaves some to be desired. For example, with full-text RSS readers, you just get the text of articles with most everything else stripped out. When reading RSS feeds in Apple News, the text appears to be seen by VoiceOver as one single element, meaning that you hear the entire article at once rather than being able to swipe through line by line. I wouldn't consider this an accessibility issue per say, as articles in Apple's News format work just fine. It also wouldn't have changed my mind about whether News was the right solution for me.
If Apple introduces the ability to import an OPML file of RSS feeds, I might give News another try. Regardless, it's great that we can even have this discussion and that Apple has made News a very accessible option for VoiceOver users.
I really do think that having
In reply to Love That it's Accessible, but News is Not for Me by Michael Hansen
I really do think that having an entire article as one huge block of text is an accessibility problem. It makes reading a ridiculous process of either swiping line-by-line or turning on airplane mode so that notifications don't mean you have to start the whole article over. But I should also note that not all publications have text inputted in that way in the News app. Some do have real, accessible text broken up by paragraph. So apparently, Apple is letting those publications choose how to input their text. Here's to better accessibility guidelines in future.
Apple News on Mac
When using News on my iPhone, I like to swipe right through the article headlines and then swipe up to save them for later reading. Would it be possible to read the saved articles on an application on my Mac? Thanks for any feedback.
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Article: Mile Gully gushes over new piped-water system
Orantes Moore, Gleaner Writer
DOZENS OF residents in Mile Gully, St Mary, turned out to watch Robert Pickersgill, minister of water, land, environment and climate change, commission a long-overdue water supply system last week.
The project, which costs more than J$60 million and will benefit hundreds of residents, took 12 years to come to fruition and was initially kick-started by former MP Terrence Gillette.
He told The Gleaner: "This district has everything except piped water. Both JLP and PNP MPs have added to this district. The road we're walking on was made practical by my predecessor Hyacinth Knight, and I started to initiate the piped-water project, but it took a long time in gestation, and today we are proud to see that piped water is in Mile Gully."
His comments were echoed by Pickersgill. "I know this system is long overdue, but as I always say, better late than never. "The system comprises two independent water systems. The Mile Gully system comprises a pumping station with pump, and five 2,750-gallon plastic tanks for storage. The Warwick Castle system utilises a similar model, with three 2,750-gallon tanks."


MANILA, Philippines - Nintendo made retro gaming all the rage when it rereleased the NES in 2016 and the Super NES Classic last year which sold out within minutes. Sega is now following suit and hoping to cash in on the nostalgia by unveiling a miniature version of the Mega Drive, currently called the Mega Drive Mini at Sega FES 2018.
The announcement is in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Sega Mega Drive, called Genesis in the US, first released in 1988. Nothing was revealed about its price and extra features but gamers can rest assured that it's shipping with a number of classic games.
The Tokyo-based video game company partnered with gaming hardware manufacturer, AtGames, whose technology is going to power the new console.
This tweet hints that the console is expected to hit Japan first before finding its way in the US and other territories later this year.


Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar supported the setting up of HAL in Bengaluru.
A businessman, an industrialist and a maharaja met on a flight back from America. The businessman, William D Pawley, owned the Intercontinental Aircraft Corporation of New York and had entered into a partnership with the Chinese nationalist government. The industrialist, Walchand Hirachand, wanted to set up an aircraft factory in India. The maharaja, a 21-year-old coronated barely a month ago, readily agreed to support the idea.
This, in short, is the story of how Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), India's largest defence and aerospace company, was set up in Bengaluru. The maharaja who helped create this watershed moment in the Indian aviation history was Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, the 25th and last maharaja of Mysore. July 18 is his birth anniversary.
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar took over as the maharaja of Mysore after the death of his paternal uncle Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. He ruled from 1940 to 1950. Having completed his education in the Royal School of Mysore, he specialised in history, economics and politics. He trained in Western classical piano under his mother, Kempu Cheluvarajammanni. He was an honorary fellow of Trinity College of Music, London, learnt Carnatic music and studied Sanskrit under Vedic scholars.
"He had composed 94 kritis in 94 different ragas in a span on 28 months between 1945 and 1947. He invented 10 new ragas and composed music under the name 'Srividya'," said M Lakshminarayana, who was Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar's private secretary. "His collection of music records was so large and varied that gramophone companies often borrowed records from him for reprints." He has also authored various literary and philosophical works.
Wadiyar, Lakshminarayana explained, was a wildlife enthusiast who loved travel. He picked up books of all kinds from his travels. "Like his ancestors, he also gave a lot of impetus to education." It is said that the maharaja, a good tennis player himself, helped Ramanathan Krishnan participate in Wimbledon in the 1960s.
Wadiyar, the founder-president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, was one of the first rulers to sign the Instrument of Accession in August 1947. Mysore set up a responsive government in October that year. The maharaja was appointed Rajpramukh of Mysore and subsequently the governor of Mysore and Madras States. He passed away on September 23, 1974 in the Bangalore Palace.
To steal or not to steal, that was clearly not the question for the 18th century thieves who stole William Shakespeare's skull from his grave at Holy Trinity church in Stratfordupon-Avon. In 2016, while shooting for a documentary on the playwright, researchers discovered that grave robbers most likely stole Shakespeare's skull in 1794. But don't worry, the joke is on the thieves as Shakespeare wrote a curse on his grave especially targeted to anyone who moved his bones.
Back in 1966, 21 years after Benito Mussolini was executed, America gave part of the former Italian dictator's brain back to his widow. They kept some to study it and perhaps as a morbid trophy. Four decades later, Mussolini's brain landed up on the internet for 15,000 euros. His granddaughter protested and eBay promptly removed the listing.


I have written some guidance notes to help with upgrading a Synology NAS to DSM 6.0 and you can find them at the top of this page. If there any problems or questions regarding this upgrade process, please post them here.
The procedure that you followed to upgrade looks fine.
It sounds like MinimServer is crashing. After MinimServer becomes undiscoverable, use File Station to access the MinimServer/appData folder and copy the contents of the minimserver.log and minimserver-out.log files to a post here. You need to do this before you stop and restart MinimServer from the Package Center because the restart will overwrite the contents of these files. Please also check whether the appData folder contains any files whose names start with hs_err_pid. Many thanks!
I just wanted to upgrade MS to 0.8.3.4 but while uploading much needed package (for DS713+ MinimServer-0.8.3.4-x64.spk) but the following notice appears "This package does not contain a digital signature".
Hence, whole upgrade process itself is aborted.
Is there any help how to proceed?
There are detailed instructions on this page. See step 3 of this section.
(05-04-2016 14:02)simoncn Wrote: The procedure that you followed to upgrade looks fine.
MinimServer 0.8.3 update 78, Copyright © 2012-2016 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.
MinimStreamer 0.5.23, Copyright © 2012-2016 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.
Thanks for this. It shows that MinimServer has not crashed, which (I think) must mean that MinimServer is hung.
5) The minimserver-out.log file should now contain diagnostic information starting with "Full thread dump Java"
Thank you for your help Simon.
(05-04-2016 23:37)SoundAdikt Wrote: Thank you for your help Simon.
This doesn't look healthy. It seems there has been some problem with the ohNet stack used by MinimServer and ohNet has crashed without producing an error message.
To find out why ohNet has crashed, I will need to see a full ohNet debug log . I will PM you the instructions for producing this.


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import java.util.Scanner;

public class lucky
{
	public static void main(String[]args){
	boolean sc;

	Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
	System.out.println("请输入4位会员卡号:\n");
	int member = input.nextInt();

	int gewei = member%10;
	int shiwei = member/10%10;
	int baiwei = member/100%10;
	int qianwei =member/1000;

	member = gewei+shiwei+baiwei+qianwei;
	sc = member > 20;
	System.out.println("是幸运顾客吗?"+sc);
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934) (47) + -
Baker, Lura Ophelia (8/13/1870 - 1922) (42) + -
Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953) (41) + -
Davis, Frank Allen (3/21/1873 - 6/1/1953) (31) + -
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Siemer, Martha A. (1876 - 1960) (26) + -
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Stull, Mary G. (b. 1869?) (22) + -
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May Bragdon Diary, July 2, 1896 – July 3, 1896, p. 94
Weller, Frieda (1889 - 1926?), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Beach, Fred H. (b. 4/1869), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), MacArthur, Mary (3/12/1869), Whitten, Alice E. (b. 1875?), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Rose, Flavius (1880? - 1966?), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), King, Emma E. (b. 1872), Stony Lake (Ontario, Canada), Lake Ontario, Falcon
May Bragdon Diary, April 7, 1896 – April 9, 1896, p. 31
Baldwin, Samuel Spencer (1848 - 1924), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), MacArthur, Mary (3/12/1869), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Davis, Frank Allen (3/21/1873 - 6/1/1953), Ballagh, John (b. 1870), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), FitzSimons, Lucinda Leona (b. 1863?), Behn, Margarette (1854? - 7/1899), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Miner and Fisk (Rochester, N.Y.), Triangle Building (Rochester, N.Y.), Diana
May Bragdon Diary, June 5, 1896 – June 6, 1896, p. 69
Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Powers, Rose Edith (1872 - 1943), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Baker, Lura Ophelia (8/13/1870 - 1922), Hawley, Mary Cornelia (8/27/1868 - 1/12/1939), MacArthur, Mary (3/12/1869), King, Emma E. (b. 1872), Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Rochester Orphan Asylum (Rochester, N.Y.), Mechanics Institute (Rochester, N.Y.), Gorton and McCabe (Rochester, N.Y.), Lake Ontario, Diana
Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Powers, Rose Edith (1872 - 1943), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Crump, Gilbert F. (1871 - 1913), Hawley, Mary Cornelia (8/27/1868 - 1/12/1939), MacArthur, Mary (3/12/1869), Baker, Lura Ophelia (8/13/1870 - 1922), Rogers, Mabel S. (b. 11/17/1870), Rogers, Mary J. (1865? - 1911), Davis, Charlotte Gleason (4/12/1861 - 1938), Davis, Helen Alling (4/19/1871 - 4/12/1950), MacArthur, Nellie (b. 4/4/1867?), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Davis, Frances Freeman (1838? - 1915), Gorton and McCabe (Rochester, N.Y.), Pedro
May Bragdon Diary, December 3, 1893 – December 5, 1893, p. 285
Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Bunnell, Damaris B. (1833 - 1916), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), World's Fair (Chicago, Ill., 5/1 - 10/30/1893)
Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), Goodyear, Katherine M. (b. 1861?), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Gilmore, Marjorie Parkhurst (1888 - 6/1973), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.)
Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Beach, Fred H. (b. 4/1869), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Nourse, Lilla (1857 - 1951), Thousand Islands (N.Y.), Lake Ontario, Carroll's (Rochester, N.Y.), World's Fair (Chicago, Ill., 5/1 - 10/30/1893)
Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Stowell, M. Louise (1861 - 1930), Allen, Mary (b. 1872?), Curran's (Rochester, N.Y.)
May Bragdon Diary, March 19, 1893 – March 20, 1893, p. 22
Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Joiner, Harry A. (b. 1870), Davis, Frank Allen (3/21/1873 - 6/1/1953), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863)
May Bragdon Diary, November 23, 1895, p. 254
Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.)
May Bragdon Diary, October 1, 1896 – October 3, 1896, p. 196
Gordon, Edwin S. (1867 - 1932), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Powers, Rose Edith (1872 - 1943), Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), Filmer, William T. (b. 1875?), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Siemer, Martha A. (1876 - 1960), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Cutler Building (Rochester, N.Y.), Diana
May Bragdon Diary, December 4, 1896, p. 244
Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Baker, Lura Ophelia (8/13/1870 - 1922), Davis, Charlotte Gleason (4/12/1861 - 1938), Davis, Frances Freeman (1838? - 1915), Davis, Helen Alling (4/19/1871 - 4/12/1950), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), MacArthur, Mary (3/12/1869), MacArthur, Nellie (b. 4/4/1867?), Baker, Marie (b. 1845), Rogers, Mabel S. (b. 11/17/1870), Rogers, Mary J. (1865? - 1911), Hawley, Mary Cornelia (8/27/1868 - 1/12/1939), Pedro
May Bragdon Diary, April 17, 1896 – April 18, 1896, p. 34
Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), MacArthur, Mary (3/12/1869), Fisk, Warren L. (b. 1873?), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Ballagh, John (b. 1870), Allen, Leonard L. (b. 1855?), Parker, Maud (12/30/1873 - 11/16/1897), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Cutler, Anna Katherine (1845? - 1924), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Gilmore, Marjorie Parkhurst (1888 - 6/1973), Davis, Frank Allen (3/21/1873 - 6/1/1953), Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Hovey's (Rochester, N.Y.)
Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Cutler, Amy Cecil (1873? - 1958?), Filmer, William T. (b. 1875?), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), MacArthur, Mary (3/12/1869), Steinhausen, Theodore D. (1874 - 1944), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Powers, Rose Edith (1872 - 1943), Goodyear, Katherine M. (b. 1861?), Pedro
Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Baker, Lura Ophelia (8/13/1870 - 1922), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Pond, Theodore Hanford (1872 - 1933), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Powers, Rose Edith (1872 - 1943), Bellamy, Charella (1865? - 2/16/1920), Behns, Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Rogers, Mabel S. (b. 11/17/1870), MacArthur, Nellie (b. 4/4/1867?), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.), Gorton and McCabe (Rochester, N.Y.), Lyceum (Rochester, N.Y.), Perfect Little Ladies


This monthly collaboration between MiNi and The Nut channels the spirit of film festival in a single evening. The session includes a presentation, shorts, a feature film (revealed on the night) and discussion focused around a mystery theme. A DJ set will follow with light refreshments, beers and sprits provided throughout with The Nut's typical European flare. See website for more information or to subscribe to The Nut's newsletter.


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Despite the fact those labelled "dissidents" rejected the term, they have continued to be referred to as such. With few exceptions, scholarship on normalization-era Czechoslovakia has focused almost exclusively on the human rights manifesto and movement of the same name, Charter 77. This is largely due to the public nature of its activities. Although small compared to other civic initiatives like Solidarity in Poland, Charter signatories were the most visible group openly opposing the regime in Czechoslovakia.
The majority of Charter 77's signatories happened to be male, and with few exceptions, they have received most of the attention in the foreign media and scholarship. However, "making life livable," as Kriseová put it, took different forms for different individuals, and was not limited to public acts of defiance. It is this narrow understanding of the nature of resistance, coupled with conflicting views of gender roles on either side of the Iron Curtain, that can be attributed to the inadequate acknowledgement of women's oppositional activity in pre-89 Czechoslovakia.
Though dissent occupies only a portion of the spectrum, it has received the most attention not only because of it visible aspects, such as open letters, the publication of illegal documents or the persecution and imprisonment of dissidents, but also because of the availability of resources related to its study. Collaborative acts of open dissent have proven much easier to chronicle than individual acts of passive resistance.
The "grey zone" is a term that has often been used to encompass some of the activity on the spectrum of opposition between private, non-conformist acts and open acts of dissent. The sociologist Jiřina Šiklová, who also played an active role in the Czech opposition, described people in the "grey zone" as those who "agree with the views of dissidents and are in favor of the relaxation of political conditions," but at the same time "hesitantly, reluctantly, they cooperated with the establishment all the same." 5 Most women oppositionists operated in this "grey zone," not because they were conforming, but because oppositionist activities could be carried out in the private, or domestic sphere, giving women greater scope for anti-regime activities.
The declining birthrate created "widespread fear among Czechoslovak planners that the population would shrink, potentially jeopardizing the future labor supply and socialist modernization." 12 In response, the government introduced what it called "motherhood incentives," which consisted of the extension of paid and unpaid maternity leave, as well as the provision of additional maternity and family allowances, as most Czechoslovak women had limited the number of children they had due to financial concerns.
Thus women were not working less than before, but in addition to their regular work hours they were expected to take on more responsibility at home. This meant women were increasingly spending more time in the private sphere. Consequently, conflicting interpretations of this shift towards home life occurred on either side of the Iron Curtain.
Czech women saw themselves as powerful and thus had trouble accepting Western feminist ideologies, that were "based on the idea of their powerlessness." 16 Commentators in the West and the former Czechoslovakia acknowledged the role of state-imposed restrictions, with the former arguing it prevented women from realizing their creative potential in reinforcing patriarchal structures, while the latter argue that the opposite occurred; women reclaimed the private sphere and exercised their own power by determining how this sphere would appear. It is largely because of women's exponential growth in the 1950's labor force that equal access to employment was not a priority for Czech women during normalization. Essentially, Western feminists were critical of Czech women's 'take it or leave it' attitudes towards the public sphere and their embracing of the private sphere; while many Czech scholars studying women's issues had trouble understanding Western feminist's desire to distance from home-life and to attain equal rights in the public sphere.
As a result of equating opposition to dissent, if one was going to subvert the social order, whether it was to advocate for women's rights or to oppose human rights violations, it had to be done publicly. Since Western feminists viewed emancipation as attaining equal rights in the public sphere, they had trouble reconciling the actions of Czechoslovak women, misinterpreting their embracing of the private sphere as a passive acceptance of communism. Understanding these paradoxes helps paint a better picture of the oppositional activity women engaged in, and why it took on the forms that it did.
In an interview soon after the fall of communism, Ombudswoman Anna Šabatová, Charter 77 signatory and chief editor of INFOCH (Informace o Chartě 77), reflected on the relationship between politics and home life while her husband was in prison. She recalled that most of the work undertaken by the Charter was realized in Czech homes and that "from a practical point of view, this gave women with children the option to participate in any kind of activity." 18 Ironically the government's own program that incentivized women towards the private sphere worked against it, by creating new circumstances under which women could participate in oppositional activity.
Charter signatory and spokesperson, Eva Kantůrková, advocated one of the most commented upon and unconventional approaches for women to oppose communism. She thought women should "rediscover their 'authentic' traditional feminine qualities of compassion, love and tolerance," and like other Charter members, "she found the universalist concepts of human rights and human liberty more relevant to women's circumstances than the ideas of Western feminism." 19 The problem with this approach, historian, Paulina Bren points out, is that through her emphasis on traditional feminine qualities as an element of emancipation, "Kantůrková comes close to sanctioning the regime's program, which asked women to mend the inter-human relations that had gone awry." 20 It begs the question whether disavowing equality is a form of emancipation or a rejection of it.
Locating the women oppositionists of the former Czechoslovakia in outside scholarship, therefore, requires re-evaluating the view that opposition is only limited to open dissent, and re-framing the conflicting interpretations of emancipation. From the 1950s to the normalization-era, emancipation and feminism in Czechoslovakia, unlike the West, were seen as mutually exclusive things. At present, as debates around feminism continue, and change globally with vastly different approaches, further treatment of the topic of women in opposition will surely yield new findings.
This article is based on, and includes various excerpts from, the author's Masters dissertation for the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London submitted in September 2015. Information used and derived from other sources is acknowledged in the text and footnotes.


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Canada's House of Commons passes Magnitsky-style law
While the US news cycle deals with the elusive ghost of collusion with Russia, and the backdoor negotiations to do away with the Magnitsky Act—which punishes human rights abusers—the first sign of Canada's intention to adopt its own version of the US-sanctioned Act did not bode well for the short-term future of relations with Russia.
The Canadian House of Commons approved with a majority the adoption of the Law on the victims of corrupt foreign governments. This led Russia—which sees the legislation as yet another extension of Western sanctions following the annexation of Crimea—to react swiftly, in a manner that went beyond the accepted diplomatic language standards. While the act was not yet officially implemented, the Russian government's strong stance appeared to be aimed at achieving two objectives: To show that the move will in no way change Russia's future political decisions, and—less likely—to influence the legislation's potential reversal by a higher authority.
Major Russian outlet Vedomosti (03/10/2017) was among the country's publications to voice Russia's resolve for retaliatory measures should the act be adopted by Canada's parliament. Kirill Kalinin, the press-secretary of the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, was quoted as saying that the Canadian parliament's plan to adopt the legislation is an undisguised intervention in Russia's internal affairs, which will not remain unanswered. The diplomat also said that that such a decision 'contradicts common sense and Canadian national interests, isolating Canada from one of the world's key states.' Russia state news agency TASS (03/10/2017) added more punch as per Mr Kalinin's words in that "this is a hostile step, like any anti-Russian sanctions, and will be met with countermeasures."
The news was accepted with much greater jubilation from Russia's western neighbours, Ukraine in particular, which welcomes every opportunity to increase international pressure against Russian aggression across its eastern border regions. Ukrainian publication Depo UA (18/10/2017) shared Ukraine ambassador to Canada, Andriy Shevchenko's post on Twitter:
У Канади тепер є Закон Магнітського: одностайне голосування Сенату. Санкції для вбивць Магнітського та інших порушників прав людини. Дякую! pic.twitter.com/kx6vF9HQNO
— Andriy Shevchenko (@AShevch) October 18, 2017
"Canada now has the Magnitsky Act: Unanimous Senate voting, sanctions against Magnitsky's murderers and other human rights violators. Thank you"
While Latvian outlet Delfi (05/10/2017) offered a more balanced take at the update, noting that the Magnitsky Act was passed unanimously by 277 Canadian parliament MPs, it also highlighted Russia's shock at the news, even though the law does not specifically target Russian officials but rather all people involved in human rights violations overseas.
When news broke that Magnitsky Act received Royal Assent and came into force in Canada, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland was quoted saying "Canada has a worldwide reputation as a country that cherishes democratic values and protects human rights," in Vedomosti. (19/10/2017). Russian officials immediately responded with a set of stern announcements. Sergey Zheleznyak, a member of the Russian Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee, said: "Following in the footsteps of its senior partner, the United States, Canada, unfortunately, demonstrates a lack of independent foreign policy."
"The adoption of the US-style Magnitsky Act looks like an unjustified political manoeuvre by the Canadian authorities, which negatively affects the relations between our countries," he added. Sergey Ryabkov, Russia's deputy Foreign Minister, later announced that Canada's adoption of its own Magnitsky Act is unacceptable. "We reach the only conclusion from the decision in Canada, politicians continue to set the tone about the insignificance of bilateral relations with Russia, they pursue their own political goals, try to play cheap geopolitical games," Ryabkov said in Rossiskaya Gazeta. (23/10/2017). None other than the Russian Embassy in Canada produced some of the harshest reaction words on Twitter, claiming that "the law was signed in a hurry, and is an irrational decision supported by a fraudster and tax evader, as well as haters of Russia." (Vesti, 19/10/2017).
President #Putin on #MagnitskyAct, criminal doings of tax evader Bill Browder and unconstructive political games: https://t.co/SOwGuYLvSQ pic.twitter.com/prGoCF0dWf
— Russia in Canada (@RussianEmbassyC) October 20, 2017
This type of strong-worded statement was shared by the better part of Russian-based publications, which were negative to neutral in their reporting on the Magnitsky Act adoption. There is no surprise, meanwhile, that the Canadian Parliament's decision was mostly welcomed by the Ukrainian media, who see Canada as one of the country's closest allies against Russia's illegal manoeuvres in Crimea and Donbass, and the marked leader in the international coalition supporting Ukraine. As Ukrainian-language source Liga (19/10/2017) put it, "Canada officially approved its own Magnitsky Act, which provides for sanctions against human rights abusers in Russia and the world," highlighting Minister Chrystia Freeland's words: "This new law, which has received the support of all parliamentary parties, clearly demonstrates that Canada is taking all measures to respond to serious human rights violations and significant instances of corruption overseas."
Canada's official adoption of the Magnitsky Act is simply another piece in a global geopolitical puzzle, which becomes increasingly unpredictable with the rapidly shifting political sands across the world. The nuance that lives within languages. especially when controversy or passion are involved, is where the heart of the story lies. Monitoring and understanding the logic behind global news streams is one efficient way of putting some of those pieces together. Doing so with first hand understanding of the complexities of those nuances makes the translation of information that much more effective and important to Canadian thinkers and readers.
Written by: Filip Merdinian and the European Media Team
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