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...Fest opened with the three-chord garage rock of Thick Shakes, which quickly gave way to the long, intricate, feedback-heavy compositions of Life Partners. Exusamwa combined manic punk with a performance art aesthetic—Sawyer spent the entire set in a wheelchair, her face bandaged and her voice howling, while her bandmates all wore red-stained OR scrubs—and Quits played experimental noise music. Daniel Striped Tiger played a cleaner, jazz-infused brand of post-hardcore, while L’Antietam’s heavier, more distorted songs featured complex tempo changes and polyrhythms. The audience...
...adoption of a set of 2007 World Health Organization recommendations advocating things like increased transparency and cooperation among nations in matters of public health. “A healthy society is truly a more secure society,” Zucker said. Zucker’s direct style struck a chord with some in the audience. “I think it was important for him to remind us that despite all the technology and the medical feats we’ve accomplished in the past 50 to 100 years, there are still always going to be mutations and something...
...Obama’s winning margin was composed of youthful “Millennial” voters, whose proficiency with Web-based social-networking sites allowed candidates to mobilize followers while also allowing followers to mobilize each other. The emphasis on the importance of on-line outreach struck a chord with Jeffery F. Solnet ’12, student chair of the Special Events Committee at the IOP. “I think the reason we had this event was because the topic of technology is so exciting amongst the number of students here who were involved in the Obama...
...utter balls to say he represents democracy," Duff says. "Scratch the surface and you'll discover he's a demagogue and a Europhobe." But Duff is also worried that Ganley could appeal to disgruntled European voters. "There is a real danger that this simplistic populism will strike a chord with voters that are profoundly uninformed about the E.U.," Duff says...
...Original Sin you never had" and allows them to print out a paper certificate that uses quasi-formal language to "reject baptism's creeds and other such superstitions." But in recent months, as tens of thousands began to download the certificate, organizers realized that they had struck a chord with atheists and once-devout church members who are leaving churches they see as increasingly out-of-tune with modern life. "Churches have become so reactionary, so politically active that people actually want to make a protest against them now," Sanderson says. "They're not just indifferent anymore. They're actively...