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For many Muslims across the world the 1.8 million Muslims in the UK represent a success story unmatched anywhere in the world where Muslim immigration has taken place. With over 1000 mosques, the adoption of halaal food across the nations institutes and high street chains, Muslim MP's and a dozen Islamic schools, for many the Ummah in Britain has achieved more living in dar ul-Kufr than Muslims in the Islamic world. Muslim thinkers in the West such as Tariq Ramadhan and journalist Yasmine Ali Bai Brown have consistently asserted that the freedom to practice Islam afforded to the ummah in Britain is not available anywhere in the world even in the Muslim world.
History of British policy
After World War II the British Government advertised jobs in its former colonies. For Britain this was primarily the Indian sub-continent and the Caribbean. Based upon the notion that life would be good when they arrived in Britain many Muslims from Pakistan arrived on British shores throughout the 1950's and 1960's.
On arrival they faced a number of problems. With housing and employment major issues in post-war Britain, this led to immigrants to compete with others for resources. Many blacks from the Caribbean as well as Hindu's and Sikhs from India also arrived on British shores at the same time in the hope for a better life. The biggest problem all immigrants faced was the fact that most native Britons viewed the newcomers in the light of an ingrained racism and racial tension escalated by far right groups that encouraged people to view their privileges as under threat.
Prejudice and racism was a serious problem in the UK and even though migrants wanted to be part of British society the outrageous racism they encountered pushed many into their own desperate ethnic enclaves. The situation left them isolated to the stage where it was felt they would soon become a point of social division, leading totally separate lives and the nation began to debate the issue.
The engrained racism led by the far right discriminated against those who didn't share similar racial characteristics to them, so they called for stricter immigration controls and tighter policing on immigrant communities. Others, proud of Britain's history instead pressed for migrants to commit to certain, core ideas and actually like them. The outcome of this was that immigrants had to be 'integrated' to prevent them segregating to live parallel lives in parallel societies and upsetting the solidity of society. France, Scandinavia as well as continental Europe all faced similar challenges of how to integrate immigrants into their 'superior' culture.
In Britain some accepted racism had to be fought and were prepared to help ease the transition of immigrants willing to adapt into citizens. They saw their part of the two-way bargain as fighting racism. With this in mind the focus in the 1960's was two-fold: on the promotion of citizenship for newcomers, and also on immigration controls and a framework of legislation against racial discrimination to give immigrants a sense of belonging, to make them feel at home and facilitate integration. Integration in reality meant tolerance of immigrant culture as long as newcomers acceded to the common public identity and culture.
Hence in Britain just after Canada, minority culture was celebrated as 'diversity' with minority activities in private life tolerated as long as minorities accepted the hegemony of indigenous British culture and a common cultural framework built on core liberal values in public life. The assumption here was if some tolerance was shown to immigrants then they would partake in society and eventually see themselves as British and adopt British values which included support for the nation's history, policies and all that it stood for.
Multiculturalism became British policy with the aim of integrating immigrants including Muslims. Multiculturalism as a concept recognised one's group and would in fact become a defining factor in recognising people. Multiculturalism can be summed up as: "The recognition of groups by society and the celebration of their diversity in order to equalise relations between minorities and the dominant majority in the conviction that no way of life was correct and all were deserving of equal respect".
This policy focused on equality for all and as a result many mosques were established, Halaal food was made available in high street fast food chains as well as many town centres. Islamic schools were also established, where an Islamic curriculum was offered to students. If Muslims were successful then it was felt they would adopt British culture, and as a result the permission for a number of Islamic institutes was seen as the means to achieve this.
9/11 and 7/7
The 1990's brought the Muslim community more and more into conflict with the host population. Rather than moving closer to Britain's culture, the ummah continued to adhere to Islam and in fact questioned British policies. A number of landmark events led to the politicisation of the Ummah in Britain, events such as the reaction to the publication of the Satanic Verses, the first Gulf war and Bosnia. Other conflicts such as those in Algeria, Chechnya, Dagestan, Kashmir and Gujarat increased activism while stoking tension. Then came the attacks on New York and Washington where Muslims found themselves unwittingly the minority group at the very centre of British politics.
As the 'War on Terror' was announced the perceived threat of Islamic extremism was given wide attention in public debate. This was epitomised by hostility towards, and suspicion of, Muslims.
When Muslims with British passports were found to be fighting with the Afghan Taliban against British forces a discussion began on the loyalty of Muslims who were also British citizens and who were now seen as a people apart with a vision very different to what Britain had. 9/11 and then 7/7 brought Muslim identity, values and loyalty into question and Muslim minorities all over Europe found themselves bearing the brunt of violence and victimisation as suspicion of them rose to disproportionate levels.
Hatred for Islam
The terrorists attacks in the US and Britain proved to many that the Muslim ummah rather than integrating and adopting Capitalism has in fact held onto Islam and has rejected Western values by not openly condemning the bombers. It was this scenario that led to the collapse of multiculturalism as a tool of integration and the re-emergence of policies which demanded immigrants to adopt and like British values and history. These gave many liberals the much needed legitimacy to openly attack and defame Islam.
Hence the shari'ah, Hijab, hudood and Khilafah all came to be attacked in public. When Shabina Begum won her case giving her the right to wear Jilbaab in school after being expelled, the hijab was attacked as backward and oppressive, even leading to some Muslims condemning Shabina Begum for going to court in the first place. British MP Jack Straw also played his part by writing an article for a local newspaper where he mentioned he felt intimidated when Muslims women came to his political surgery in their Niqabs. A national debate ensured where it was said fully covered women would be difficult to communicate with and hence Islamic rules have no place in Britain. This debate intensified when a number of Muslim teachers were removed from their teaching positions due to being fully covered.
Britain wasted no time in passing legislation to silence Muslim dissent at its actions in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The anti terror laws made supporting Muslim resistance movements in Iraq and Afghanistan or criticising British foreign policy as criminal offences.
Understanding British policy
Britain has always been a racist state which views itself superior to others. Britain has a long history of racism, from medieval times, through years of the slave trade to the modern day. An apartheid-like system existed in early Anglo-Saxon England, which prevented the native British genes getting into the Anglo-Saxon population by restricting intermarriage and wiped out a majority of original British genes in favour of Germanic ones. For all the talk of Britain being a place for people of all colours, race riots have been an all too common occurrence on the British horizon. There were race riots across the UK in 1919, with further riots by immigrant and minority populations in East London during the 1930s. In the 1980s, perceived societal racism, discrimination and poverty sparked riots in areas with substantial African-Caribbean populations.
Britain realised with significant immigrant population needed to rebuild Britain after WW2 it was necessary to deal with this racist attitude amongst the populace so they could be part of Britain post war reconstruction. Unlike France which required immigrants to actually like French culture and show loyalty before they received anything from the state, the French refused to accept Multiculturalism, but rather only recognised the individual with the states job of protecting individual rights. The Hijab ban in France was a result of a symbol which represented a group (Muslims) and was seen as an obstacle to integration.
However, Multiculturalism as a policy in Britain was only a means to an end, and in no way was the acceptance of diversity and an acceptance of Islam. For these reasons the British government today is handpicking who the imams should be in mosques, it wants the teaching of British history alongside Qur'an classes, it wants the Muslims to spy on those who practice Islam and wants open support of British foreign policy aims abroad - even against Muslims.
The so called success many Muslims attribute to the so called tolerant British has in fact handcuffed Muslims as the British government expects payback in the form of support for British foreign policy. Britain's wants loyalty in return for privileges provided such as Islamic schools and mosques. All these so called pro-Islamic policies always had strings attached. It was very short sighted by many Muslims to think a colonial state like Britain actually liked Islam and Muslims.
It is Britain that leads the Islamic reformation debate across the world. Britain has poured money into overseas ventures and conferences inviting modernist thinkers across the world to develop policies to reform (change) Islam to a more compatible version.
Although the situation in Britain is difficult for Muslims one should actually view the situation through a different lens. That is the change in policy by Britain in directly attacking Islam means the ummah in Britain to her credit never integrated and abandon the deen but actually held onto it. The attack on Islam and Muslims in Britain is because Muslims refuse to abandon political Islam and support British policies around the world. The British government understands very well as the Qur'aysh did at the time of the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم that political ideas always end with government. This is why the Khilafah is continually branded as totalitarian and dictatorial.
It was Britain that destroyed the Khilafah and created the state of Israel. There should be no doubt that any perceived policies which appear to be in favour of Muslims are in reality a precursor to something Britain would want to be repaid for. Since the 7/7 bombings Muslims in Britain are in no doubt that for all the so-called success they are praised for, in reality Britain expects loyalty in return for this.
Hence in reality there is no difference between all the nations in the West when it comes to Muslims. They all aim to integrate them (i.e. leave political Islam), they just differ in the means to achieve such aims.
ahmed said:
great article, except it needed to integrate the reality of the main british money making system into the argument a bit more. Its always been like this, wether , black slave trade, or opium wars, or Iraq....
Britain has its grubby fingers in all of the worlds pies, and its methods involve sending back assimilated brown faces with white coats to front the global blood sucking.
The main argument UK has with Muslims here, is we are more aware of the blood sucking, and so are capable of exposing this major artery, and if the public were given enough time to think about it, it would cause the UK major income source to have a heart attack....The Muslim victims are brutally suppressed from complaining, so any 'assistance' in breaking free of the global system, from uk muslims has to be dealt with. Naturally it is the truth..but the truth cannot be argued against...that is why the negative lying propaganda has been used to cover up the awfull truth...muslims have to be silenced with dirty tactics.
The answer to this is for Muslims to have our own indepenedent business/ social networks..the jews, hundus, gays, and sikhs allready operate such networks..
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Junaid Zafar said:
I have lived in the UK for 4 yrs during my childhood and I have seen the public life. There was much hatred against Muslims in 89. British boys would shout 'Paki' 'Paki'. But now things have gone for the worse as recent terror bombings in London have shown:muslims are looked at with skepticism and deep sense of disloyalty.
There is no point in living in Western Countries after one has completed his or her education. Islam is not about rituals like praying, fasting and Hajj. Muslims should first carve out a state on the principles of Shariah i.e. Koran and Sunnah, where all the laws as prescribed in the Holy Book are followed in letter and spirit. Then they should decide about leaving their homeland for the purpose of dawah.
I would suggest the Muslims living in Western countries to contribute towards their own homeland. The mother country needs the talents and skills of such talented individuals.
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|i love islam
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Adnan Khan said:
Jzk for your comments Ahmed,
I won't speak about Canada and its experience with Migrant communities, primarily because Canada was never a colonial state, hence I don't think we can compare Canadian and British attempts at integrating migrant communities
Fundamentally When Britain speaks about integration it means something very specific, It is not speaking about wearing a suit, goings to Pubs etc. When the British government and politicians alongside many thinkers speak about Integration it is akin to assimilation, essentially they want Muslims to like Britain, its colonial history and abandon parts of Islam, mainly Political Islam.
It is Britain who is imposing its values on Muslims, not the other way round. All this is at a time When the Bangladeshi Muslims and Pakistani Muslims set up the most companies every year in the UK, Muslims are professionals, doctors, engineer's and partake fully in contributing towards the UK economy, Although Many Muslims have disagreed with political participation in the UK, there exists 4 Muslim MP's.
Hence Muslims have 'been themselves,' but the British government still isn't happy with the state of Muslims. Muslims live as normal citizens, and in no way impose Islam upon the nation.
The point being brother, Britain has failed to convince Muslims of liberal secularism now they are just forcing it upon Muslims
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Ahmed said:
The best thing you can do is integrate yourselves into society. You don't have to Drink, go to bars, eat pork, or anything unIslamic for that matter.
Just be yourself, and don't push your religious beliefs on others.
In Canada I've lived a very prosperous life living with these rules.
Yes there were instances where people questioned our religious beliefs, thought certain things were strange, did not understand our religion... but that is just it... they did not understand... they had not been educated about different religions or cultures.
I have always integrated myself into society and never purposefully made an attempt to stick out.
When people live & visit Muslim countries, they adhere to the countries rules. This means wearing Hijabs and refraining from drinking, and public displays of affection.
It would be hypocritical to NOT expect a certain level of this while living in western civilizations.
Luckily it is not even close!!! We are afforded the opportunity to live exactly how we want.... and most people don't object at all.
When we ask for too much accommodation, that's when you will see people getting upset.
We're allowed to worship, take breaks to read prayer, take religious days off.
The best thing we can do as Muslims is show people how good we actually are.
This will come from integrating with others, people of other creeds religions and backgrounds..... let them see that 99.5% of us are not confrontational, militants, or terrorists. (very few of them believe it anyway)
I was able to be elected as a leader many times in my life, when the population around me was 95% white.
I never had issues until the events of 911 scarred the Islamic Religion and all those who follow it.
I agree with Yusuf about Hijra. It is not fair for the few to ask everyone else to change for them... we must remember that we came here... not the other way around.
Maintaining a positive image of Islam is the only way we will win and undo the damage of 911 and the other attacks.
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Haziq said:
|I believe life is bad for muslims everywhere on this world right now, west or east. We could always leave our home and find somewhere we can practice Islam more freely, but I don't think that's the best thing to do. Take an example of the life of our prophet Muhammad S.A.W. at Mecca before Hijra: if life was really just about going to the mosque 5 times a day and fasting, would it really be logical that they were oppressed until their life was threatened? No, they are discriminated and violated because they tried to propagate Islam (da'wah) into the life of others. They didn't immediately leave their hometown so they can practice Islam more easily, although that's an option. Or retaliate with force; that too is an option. But instead they stayed put, keep propagating Islam. They didn't even retaliate with violence. They only left Mecca because Allah told them to Hijra, to form an Islamic State: a Khilafah. So, in my opinion, I should just stay put where my home is, keep propagating Islam, and try my best to chip in some effort to revive our Khilafah. If right now there's a Khilafah somewhere, I should keep doing my da'wah where I'm at until even my home town enjoined the Khilafah State as well. I think, leaving is only an option to me when I'm forced against my will to leave my Islamic responsibilities. That's my opinion, though.
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winds of change said:
Where do you except 2 million odd muslims to go and do Hijra?
Seeing as there is already a view that muslims from other countires hold of us:
bounty bars, hafe muslims ect.
The face is things will get worse for us here; jsut like what happend to the jews all over Europe.
Seems its the same old tune being played on muslims.
The west has a leader, it has a structre for its people, it has a army ect.
We on the other hand; do not have leader or Union that protects muslims all over the world, be they in the west or East.
Go out and ask muslims in london, in bradford, anywhere in the U.K, how secure they feel here, and you wont find many that will say everything is hunky dory.
Most muslims don't feel welcomed and they don't see the U.K as a place called home.
anyway just an opnion.
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mahdi said:
|zazakallah brothers glad to know about the reality of muslims in UK
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heri said:
|Assalmu'alaikum. subhanallah this article helps me to understand muslims life in Britain, but we have to remember that Islam teaches us to be proud of our identity as muslims. be ghuraba generation that's the point, may Allah bless us to be the best muslims wherever we live, just say yes... i am a muslim. Jazakallah brothers..from Indonesia.
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Adnan said:
According to Hukm shari, you would need to migrate if you are unable to fulfil your Islamic responsibilities. This was deduced from the incident of the Muslims migrating to Abyssinia after they faced much persecution. The migration can be to anywhere where one can fulfil their Islamic duties such as praying, fasting etc. So the Muslims went and lived in the land of Negus even though he was non-Muslim.
In Britain I don't think we are quite there yet, also Britain's problem is one of Islamic identity and public displays of it. This is why the hijab is constantly attacked because it a statement in the public domain so it's seen as rejecting capitalism and representative of Islam.
At present we take on the challenge and defend the deen the way it should be, Britain's problem is with political Islam not the ibadat aspects of it (well not yet) so its not time for hijra yet
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yusuf said:
|Jazak Allah brother Adnan for your response, I see what it is that your are getting at now, I did look at life in britain through my own eyes, which is why i asked other readers to give their views also, I don't thin they need to now as your response was sufficient, yes I didn't take into account the arrests etc which have taken place in this country and as for cctv in the mosque we have one installed in our local one! What I meant by the backlash to 7/7 wasn't meant to paint a rosy picture after the event, what I meant was I literally thought we were going to come under constant physical attack from neighbours, bnp, basically everyone, sort of like a holocaust of the muslims similar type of things that have happened to muslims in bosnia or india, gujarat springs to mind, thats why i said incidents from individuals I apololgise I should have been more clear, I understand about the media branding us terrorists this has been happening for years and in no way am I suggesting otherwise. The main point that I can see now is britain is keeping us happy at home with mosques, jobs, halal food, islamic schools in order to win our loyalty while causing chaos in our countries. Can you please answer my other 2 points, specifically hijra because from how you have described it it doesn't look like things will get any better, especially if the tories come into power, is it the correct thing to do? is it running away from problems? how can we face the problems here in the west, what if my nightmare scenario above of pogroms does happen what then(I know its a bit far fetched!).
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Adnan said:
Jazakhallah for your point's brother in essence you have raised two issues,
1. Is Britain REALLY bad for Muslims, and
2. Is not Britain when looked at relatively to the Muslim world the best place to live in the world for Muslims?
This discussion about Muslim life in Britain needs to be put into perspective; my analysis was not an individual account but rather an observation from a societal perspective. All your examples of supposed ease of life on Britain are your own experiences which is not the correct way to view this issue. Although we can go to the mosque, such people now fit a profile, which the government consider a as a potential radical, you said we are not being spied upon by this country as is the case in the Muslim world, but over 1000 Muslims have been arrested and only 10 charged under the anti terror laws, Is this not harassment.
The British government has a very dismal record in stopping what it calls radicalisation as a result it has cast a very wide net to catch individuals with many innocent people captured in the process - just ask Mozzam Begg. Muslims are being stopped regularly under stop and search rules which many senior civil servants have admitted strained relations with the Muslim community. The governments anti terror laws allow for the proscription of groups and individuals who espouse any ideas not in conformity with British foreign policy and is now considered glorifying terror. You and I may be able to pray five times a day in mosques but mosques across the UK are being forced to install CCTV, handover information of active youth, they have even been asked to spy on individuals and the carrot used has been funding cuts.
With regards to Britain being the best place in the world to live as Muslims, this is exactly what Britain wanted to achieve with its Multicultural polices, where loyalty is even conferred to it rather then the umrnah. This is not a hidden fact anymore, since 7/7 various policy papers have said this was always British policy, it should be remembered that although Britain may allow you to practice Islam more then many nations in the Muslim world it is Britain that carved the Muslim world up and placed the very dictators that spy on Muslims, imprison them and monitor them in mosques. The non-Islamic scenario in the Muslim world was a direct result of Britain's doing. It was Britain that led the discussions with Benazir Bhutto in London for her to return, her return was not for the love of the nation but rather the preservation of British interests.
I am shocked you can say the backlash after 7/7 wasn't big, the whole nation lead by the government and aided by the media branded all Muslims as terrorists and future suicide bombers, even though they knew such actions were by a few Muslims. The Muslim community was treated like the Irish community who were blamed for the actions of a few.
Lastly I disagree that the British nation didn't support the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, I agree initially there was much opposition as it was seen as a US war, however once British troops went in, the nation got behind its troops, that's why you are lambasted if you do not support the troops. How can you be against the war and then at the same time support the troops.
This issue needs to be looked at from a societal perspective and not from an individual account, we must also ask what is Britain expected of us when Britain gives these so called privileges.
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|Fantastic article - JazakAllah Adnan
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yusuf said:
I agree with most of what you say in your article, however, it can be argued is britain really bad for muslims, is it difficult to be a muslim in britain even with the war on terror, I can go to the mosque 5 times a day and not worry about if i'm being spied on as i've heard happens in some muslim countries, at work they are very accommadating to my needs, I must admit after 7/7 there was some suspiscion however through showing them my character I feel that I overcame this, another point is that after 7/7 there was not that big a backlash as you would have thought, there were incidents however these were carried out by individuals and not by society as a whole, generally muslims can go out and interact with society and not face problems, again incidents which have occured with people not getting jobs etc etc are few and far between, the people of this country rejected the war on iraq, only the hooligan drunken types accepted iraq had weapons of mass destruction, these are just my experiences, I would like you and other readers to comment on how they find life in britain as a muslim, have you had bad experiences? do you find people intolerant towards Islam? do you think britain is the best place on earth for muslims like a friend of mine described it?
This leads me to another argument, if the attacks that took place on 9/11, 7/7, madrid were carried out by muslims then what do you expect from western governments ( a muslim actually asked me this after 9/11 i.e so what they are defending themselves whats wrong with that), no nation in the world will let someone else threaten its way of life, hence what we are seeing is the western world protecting their ideology from another e.g you mentioned britain leading the "reformation" of Islam, some may argue they are only doing what is normal, would muslims not defend their ideology in similar circumstances? how can we answer such questions which almost seem to justify what is happening to muslims these days.
Finally what is your opinion on hijra? if life is bad for muslims in britain/west should we not move out and go back to the muslim world were we can practice islam more freely, one scholar does propagate this.
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There are no such tablets here in US over the counter.
You need to go to your OB/GYN for this prescription.
They would give you birth control pills for 2 months.
So you need to go in advance to your doctor for this prescription.
They would ask you to take first 3 weeks pills and skip the 4th week pill (during periods pill) and continue to take the other 3 weeks pills from second month packet.
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This is a staple nail polish for me. I have several nail polishes, but this shade is so wonderful. You don't need a top or base coat and it goes on smoothly. Sometimes one coat will do it, usually two. It does chip fairly easily.
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I love this on my toes and over Lincoln Park at Midnight. This is a darker deep purple compared to LPAT, which is slightly lighter with fine shimmers. On toes, it look almost black. I love the vampy look, with a super shining top coat, is sophisticated and chic.
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This is a great staple for fall and winter. LPAD is aptly named since the color IS so dark. Anyone expecting this color to be more purple than black will be disappointed (EDIT: If you are looking for a similar color that is lighter and plummier I would suggest NYC Battery Park Purple or ChG Urban Night). It's almost more of a soft black with a hint of plum purple. It looks very dramatic on pale skin. The formula was pretty good on this color - a bit streaky on the first coat but opaque by the second. It wears well on me like most OPIs. The only reason this color doesn't get a perfect score is because I've seen several less expensive dupes. The only reason I'd repurchase is because I like the bottle and brush.
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This is my absolute favourite nail polish of all time! It goes on so nicely and easily, the colour is a deep purple, and goes with everything. It also has a bit of sparkle in it, so it looks pretty in the light. I love everything by OPI, but this is by far my favourite!
One of my favourite nail colours of all time! Very versatile colour, can go with many different looks.
Another beauty - this is my favourite 'black'. I call it black because at first glance it is, but as you look you can clearly tell it's purple. Either way it's gorgeous and looks great when I want to wear something a bit different.
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I love this stuff! I know it's almost basically black but I see the purple! I like to wear this when I'm feeling vampy.
Quality wise this polish is worth it, it's non streaky, shiny, dries fast and is opaque in one or two layers. Colour wise I don't think it's worth it because it is to close to black for me, I could just use some black nail polish and it would almost look the same. If you like dark colors go for it because the quality is great but if you are looking for something different I would skip this.
This is gorgeous for the winter season. It's a very blackened plum.. So deep and rich, like a plum that might have grown in the garden of eden. It looks SUPER shiny even before you put on a top coat, which I love. It's quite chic and I imagine it's universally flattering. I simply can't bring myself to give it a 5 because it's almost too black. I was secretly hoping it would be more plummy. Outside under the rays of the sun, the plum tones come out more and become apparent. Indoors under false lighting, it looks black. I still like it a great deal. The quality is excellent, as is to be expected with OPI. It wears really well, and I'd recommend having it in your collection. Everyone needs a good dark polish. One last thing...this reminds me so much of "Stroke of Midnight" nail polish by L'oreal Paris. Very, very similar and that one is half the price (just in case you'd prefer a good dupe for this).
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This is my favorite dark nail polish to use. Unlike black nail polish, this is a sultry black-purple that does not look too stark against my skin tone like a regular black. This probably would work on anyone. The formula requires two coats, the brush works well, and lasting power is pretty good like the rest of OPI.
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Despite misleading menuspeak, many foods that claim to be wild often arent: Venison. Boar. Salmon. That obfuscation partly explains the fanaticism sparked by the truly uncultivated object, like the wild mushroom, technically the fruiting body of a fungus so beloved its turned fans like Eugenia Bone, author of the fascinating Mycophilia, into brambles-braving, campground-scouring obsessives. Harvesting edible things in their natural habitat is having a bit of a (prolonged) moment in this locavore age, if New Nordic chefs like Nomas René Redzepi and films like Now, Forager are any indication. But there are those who regard the notion of foraging as mere sourcing-one-upmanship, and reject the word altogether, pointing to its overlooked etymology: to strip or ravage. Wildcrafters like Nova Kim and Les Hook of Vermonts Wild Food Gatherers Guild, conversely, advocate for collecting plants ethically and sustainably, mindful of future growth and ecosystem stability. One of New Amsterdam Markets first vendors, the couple has become a leading (if sporadic) local source for the sort of umami-rich varieties that can look and taste a world apart from the ubiquitous white button, cremini, and portobello (all forms of the same mushroom, in fact). Here, a recent sampling of their freshly wildcrafted autumnal haul. For future market dates, see newamsterdammarket.org.
1. Chicken Fat Suillus
Schmaltzy color, slimy texture, and a flavor that some find savory and others nothing special. Youll discover it growing, like others of its genus, near white pines.
2. Scented Coral
A distinctively sweet-smelling specimen with a chunky stem that leads to a mass of tiny branches like a cauliflower. Roast one whole or even deep-fry the thing.
3. Yellow Foot Chanterelle
A fragile, thin-skinned, trumpet-shaped mushroom with a lovely (some say plumlike) fragrance. Theyre best cooked simply so as not to mask their delicate flavor.
4. Chicken of the Woods
Look up, and you might see these protruding from tree trunks high above the ground like ruffly saffron-colored canopies. They dont taste like it, but when cut into pieces and sautéed in butter, they bear an uncanny resemblance to chicken tikka.
5. Red-Capped Scaber
A decent-tasting mushroom that takes well to the sauté pan; some mycophiles prefer to pickle them or use them for soup or stock.
6. Snow Shrimp
Some say these little nuggets taste like shrimp. Theyre hard to find in the woods and even rarer at the market. You might try searching under its less appetizing common name, aborted entoloma. Wildman Steve Brill likes them in a shrimp-free cocktail.
7. Honey
A funny thing about honeys: Theyre not so sweet. In fact, theyre like little packs of piranhas, relentlessly gorging on any tree or shrubdead or alivethey come across. Fungi aficionados advise blanching before cooking and then tossing with pasta.
8. Pheasant Back
A real beauty with distinctive scale- or feather-like markings. Theyre best plucked from the woods young; the outer edges are the sweetest and tenderest.
9. Dotted-Stalk Suillus
Also known as granulated suillus or weeping bolete, this ones sticky when wet. The name suillus, by the way, means pertaining to swine. Piggies apparently love em.
10. Lobster
Consider it the turducken of the mushroom world: a host fungus engulfed by a guest fungus like a custard cone dipped in chocolate. Its firm in texture, robust in flavor, and tastes nothing like shellfish.
11. Flattop Coral
The flattop, like a New York street pretzel, entices with an alluring aroma, but doesnt deliver on that promise in the flavor department. Its a little spongy and slightly bitter.
12. Horse
Not to be confused with poisonous look-alike yellow stainer (which, when cut, turns the color of Frenchs mustard and also releases an inky aroma), the horse is perfectly edible, even delicious.
13. Sweet Tooth
You can I.D. a sweet tooth, a.k.a. wood hedgehog, by the mass of tiny spines or teeth underneath its cap. Its a firmer-fleshed relative of the chanterelle and almost as tasty.
14. Hen of the Woods
At their tenderest best when picked young, they grow in dome-shaped clusters that bring to mind the flower-petal bathing caps women wore in the sixties. The Japanese cultivate them with terrific success under the name maitake.
15. Bears Head
Novice mushroom gatherers might mistake it for a sheepskin Ugg boot. Happily, it tastes a whole lot better than that, especially baked or fried in olive oil and butter.
*This article originally appeared in the October 22, 2012 issue of New York Magazine.


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The lob hairstyle is basically a slightly longer bob, which just brushes the shoulders. It is currently being hailed as one of the most popular hairstyles for 2009. This article looks at what has brought about the Lob and who it suits.
How did the Lob evolve?
During 2008 many famous Hollywood celebrities went the big chop and sported short bobs. As they began to grow out they didn't succumb to hiding their hair or reaching for a set of hair extensions, they styled them and hence the lob became an official style. Think Gwyneth Paltrow, Eva Longoria Parker, Jessica Alba, Angelina Jolie in the Changeling and Anne Hathaway.
Although, all one length shoulder length hair is hardly an innovative trend, it does give this style more of an official name. Now customers present at the salon asking to have their hair cut into a Lob style. It is also often given a little twist, with either textural ends or some form of wave. This makes it a bit more edgy then the traditional bob.
Who does the Lob suit?
Wondering if the Lob would work for you? The following is a brief overview on who suits the lob:
The Lob is great for those who don't want the work of long hair, but would like the options of mid length tresses rather then the limitations of short hair. It works with virtually all hair textures from fine to thick and can look good straight, wavy or curly.
The lob can flatter square and round faces, because it extends past the chin and is therefore elongating. If you have a round face, a sleek straight Lob, with volume at the roots can be very flattering. If you have a square face consider curly or wavy styles and also make sure you achieve volume at the roots when you blow dry your hair.
The Lob doesn't tend to suit long faces, because it can add further length to this face shape. Women with a long face are better off sticking to a traditional bob hairstyle that offers more width.
All different types of lobs are great on oval face shapes, because it is quite a proportional look that helps maintain the balance of this face shape. So feel free to experiment if this is your face shape.
Heart shaped faces tend to look better with more traditional bobs that create volume at jaw level, or styles with flicked out layers. However, the Lob can work for this face shape, if curls or some form of texture is applied from chin level down.
If you are considering cutting your hair into the Lob style discuss all the options with your hair stylist and consider checking out how it will look on you in imaging software before taking the plunge.


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A pie chart is a circular chart divided into sectors, illustrating numerical proportion. In a pie chart, the arc length of each sector (and consequently its central angle and area), is proportional to the quantity it represents. While it is named for its resemblance to a pie which has been sliced, there are variations on the way it can be presented. The earliest known pie chart is generally credited to William Playfair's Statistical Breviary of 1801.[1][2]
Pie charts are very widely used in the business world and the mass media.[3] However, they have been criticized,[4] and many experts recommend avoiding them,[5][6][7][8] pointing out that research has shown it is difficult to compare different sections of a given pie chart, or to compare data across different pie charts. Pie charts can be replaced in most cases by other plots such as the bar chart.
The following example chart is based on preliminary results of the election for the European Parliament in 2004. The table lists the number of seats allocated to each party group, along with the derived percentage of the total that they each make up. The values in the last column, the derived central angle of each sector, is found by multiplying the percentage by 360°.
|Percent (%)
|Central angle (°)
*Because of rounding, these totals do not add up to 100 and 360.
The size of each central angle is proportional to the size of the corresponding quantity, here the number of seats. Since the sum of the central angles has to be 360°, the central angle for a quantity that is a fraction Q of the total is 360Q degrees. In the example, the central angle for the largest group (European People's Party (EPP)) is 135.7° because 0.377 times 360, rounded to one decimal place, equals 135.7.
An obvious flaw exhibited by pie charts is that they cannot show more than a few values without separating the visual encoding (the "slices") from the data they represent (typically percentages). When slices become too small, pie charts have to rely on colors, textures or arrows so the reader can understand them. This makes them unsuitable for use with larger amounts of data. Pie charts also take up a larger amount of space on the page compared to the more flexible bar charts, which do not need to have separate legends, and can display other values such as averages or targets at the same time.[7]
Statisticians generally regard pie charts as a poor method of displaying information, and they are uncommon in scientific literature. One reason is that it is more difficult for comparisons to be made between the size of items in a chart when area is used instead of length and when different items are shown as different shapes.
Further, in research performed at AT&T Bell Laboratories, it was shown that comparison by angle was less accurate than comparison by length. This can be illustrated with the diagram to the right, showing three pie charts, and, below each of them, the corresponding bar chart representing the same data. Most subjects have difficulty ordering the slices in the pie chart by size; when the bar chart is used the comparison is much easier.[9] Similarly, comparisons between data sets are easier using the bar chart. However, if the goal is to compare a given category (a slice of the pie) with the total (the whole pie) in a single chart and the multiple is close to 25 or 50 percent, then a pie chart can often be more effective than a bar graph.[10][11]
A chart with one or more sectors separated from the rest of the disk is known as an exploded pie chart. This effect is used to either highlight a sector, or to highlight smaller segments of the chart with small proportions.
The polar area diagram is similar to a usual pie chart, except sectors are equal angles and differ rather in how far each sector extends from the center of the circle. The polar area diagram is used to plot cyclic phenomena (e.g., count of deaths by month). For example, if the count of deaths in each month for a year are to be plotted then there will be 12 sectors (one per month) all with the same angle of 30 degrees each. The radius of each sector would be proportional to the square root of the death count for the month, so the area of a sector represents the number of deaths in a month. If the death count in each month is subdivided by cause of death, it is possible to make multiple comparisons on one diagram, as is seen in the polar area diagram famously developed by Florence Nightingale.
The first known use of polar area diagrams was by André-Michel Guerry, which he called courbes circulaires, in an 1829 paper showing seasonal and daily variation in wind direction over the year and births and deaths by hour of the day.[12] Léon Lalanne later used a polar diagram to show the frequency of wind directions around compass points in 1843. The wind rose is still used by meteorologists. Nightingale published her rose diagram in 1858. The name "coxcomb" is sometimes used erroneously: this was the name Nightingale used to refer to a book containing the diagrams rather than the diagrams themselves.[13] It has been suggested[by whom?] that most of Nightingale's early reputation was built on her ability to give clear and concise presentations of data.
A useful variant of the polar area chart is the spie chart designed by Feitelson.[14] This superimposes a normal pie chart with a modified polar area chart to permit the comparison of a set of data at two different states. The base pie chart represents the first state in the usual way, with different slice sizes. The second state is represented by the superimposed polar area chart, using the same angles as the base, and adjusting the radii to fit the data. This is useful, among other things, for visualizing hazards to different population groups. For example, the base pie chart can show the distribution of age and gender groups in the general population, and the overlay their representation among road casualties; age and gender groups that are especially susceptible to being involved in accidents then stand out as slices that extend far beyond the original pie chart. The R Graph Gallery provides an example.[15][dead link]
A ring chart, also known as a sunburst chart or a multilevel pie chart, is used to visualize hierarchical data, depicted by concentric circles.[16] The circle in the centre represents the root node, with the hierarchy moving outward from the center. A segment of the inner circle bears a hierarchical relationship to those segments of the outer circle which lie within the angular sweep of the parent segment.[17]
A 3D pie chart, or perspective pie chart, is used to give the chart a 3D look. Often used for aesthetic reasons, the third dimension does not improve the reading of the data; on the contrary, these plots are difficult to interpret because of the distorted effect of perspective associated with the third dimension. The use of superfluous dimensions not used to display the data of interest is discouraged for charts in general, not only for pie charts.[7][18]
A doughnut chart (also spelled donut) is functionally identical to a pie chart, with the exception of a blank center and the ability to support multiple statistics at once. Doughnut charts provide a better data intensity ratio to standard pie charts since the blank center can be used to display additional, related data as shown in the example.
The earliest known pie chart is generally credited to William Playfair's Statistical Breviary of 1801, in which two such graphs are used.[1][2][19] This invention was not widely used at first;[1] the French engineer Charles Joseph Minard was one of the first to use it in 1858, in particular in maps where he needed to add information in a third dimension.[20] It has been said that Florence Nightingale invented it, though in fact she just popularised it and she was later assumed to have created it due to the obscurity of Playfair's creation.[21]
One of William Playfair's pie charts in his Statistical Breviary, depicting the proportions of the Turkish Empire located in Asia, Europe and Africa before 1789.


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Harvey Nichols is promoting its summer sale with a striking print campaign featuring models wearing ill-fitting clothes.
The outdoor, print and online work is released today and features the strapline, "Best get there early".
The posters, which were created by Adam & Eve/DDB, show models wearing ill-fitting clothes to make the point that those who get to the sale too late will be forced to choose from the leftovers.
Matt Irwin shot the posters, which were created by Rick Brim and Daniel Fisher. Rocket was the media agency on the project.
Julia Bowe, the group press and marketing director at Harvey Nichols, said: "At a Harvey Nichols sale there are only two types of people – the quick and the disappointed.
"We encourage customers who want to be sure of getting their hands on their 'must-have' items at a fraction of the price, to set their alarm clocks, as the competition is usually fierce. As with most things in life, the early bird gets the (designer) worm!"
Adam & Eve/DDB's Christmas campaign for Harvey Nichols, "sorry I spent it on myself", has won several awards already at Cannes, including two Gold Lions and a Grand Prix in the Promo & Activation Category, one gold in Direct and six golds in Outdoor.
Harvey Nichols started working with Adam & Eve/DDB's predecessor agency BMP DDB in 2001.
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Sean Moss looks at the Detroit Three carmakers when he considers whether he wants the United Auto Workers to represent him at the Chattanooga Volkswagen assembly plant, where he has worked for nearly three years.
"The more the UAW was in there, the less competitive they became," Moss, 45, said about General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.
In an interview last week with other anti-UAW VW employees, Moss said he's a Midwest guy, hailing from Green Bay, Wis., though he's not a Packers fan.
The assembly quality inspector said one of the reasons he likes working at the VW plant is because people can see what he and the other workers do.
"That's my motivation," he said. "A lot of people work jobs in which nobody sees what they do."
Moss, who is unmarried, said he enjoys the work as VW makes an effort to improve the skills of its workforce.
"I try to find new ways to get better," he said.
He had spent most of his working life in the retail sector before joining VW, he said, and he tries to look at his job like a business.
"Everybody here wants to make more money," he said. "But what's being put up by the UAW doesn't make sense."
Moss said VW has taken care of its employees so far.
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Spotify: We kick the tyres
Spotify, which opened up to all UK users this week, is a streaming music access service that's gathered an ecstatic response from some users. It's even "made illegal file sharing look like too much hard work" according to one Reg commenter. That's a pretty big claim - but then it's a pretty ambitious service. So what it is …
What about??
The Goons shows, The Navy Lark, Men from the Ministry, Blaster Bates etc.??
Trying to find some of the (really) old radio shows, recordings et al from well before the internet age can be very difficult.
There MUST be a way of getting hold of them that doesn't need me to buy stacks of cassettes (and a player!), or similar stacks of CD's.
The more I think of it, the more attractive a high-quality MP3 (PYO format) collection on my LAN, backed up (or even supplied by) the interwebs and/ or my ISP sounds.
I don't mind paying for music, but I already have around 600 CD's (and more DVDs) and I'm running out of room!
PH? - so much room there's probably an echo... echo...
My impressions
I've been kicking the tyres, so to speak, for a few weeks now and really like Spotify.
It's worth noting that it's streaming a Vorbis (aka OGG) stream so that 160kbit offers greater fidelity than a similar bitrate MP3 stream.
The catalogue is patchy in places, mainly due to the licensing mess - a whole bunch of songs were removed just before going live because they didn't have clear streaming rights. (This resulted in the removal of a load of Joe Gibbs and the Professionals albums - and just when I was in the mood for some 70s dub!)
The catalogue also gets confused. There are two bands named Heavenly; the super awesome British indie band of the early 90s and a French speed metal band. The two albums they have for Heavenly are from the UK band but the biography (and suggested similar artists) involve French metal. Makes for a surreal listening experience - like the most inept DJ's radio show ever.
Adverts are unobtrusive but not well targeted - not right now, at any rate. They can see what I've been listening to - why make me listen to an advert for Lady Gaga when I've been stuck in reggae and indie for days?
The software is excellent. Small footprint in terms of memory and CPU (far, far smaller than iTunes) and doesn't stutter and fall over when anything processor intensive is going on (like, erm, iTunes). Also obeys the media keys on my keyboard out of the box, which is nice.
Hence, a thumbs up from me.
when i get home
im going to try that !!!
let me guess all the other reg readers will be too so that the servers will be chocker !!
but anyway how long till somebody has a plugin that will save the streams straight to your HDD
Gets my vote
I've been usign Spotify since the turn of the year. When i cannot be bothered with downloading or my mediaplayer, Spotify is a great fallback. The ads are a bit annoying but it's a small price to pay (if you will) for the chance to listen to almost every song which pops into my head while I work.
For those with iTunes or somesuch it may not be perfect, but for the less technologically minded, it's a simple but very effective music-on-demand type service.
Last.fm vs Spotify
I'm using both at the moment, for different things. Spotify is great if you know exactly what you want to hear - type in the track name, and if Spotify has it, there you go. What it doesn't have is a Last.fm style radio where you enter an artist name, or a tag, and get new songs from bands you may never have heard before. I've picked up loads of new bands doing this, which has to be good for the music industry. Genre is just too broad.
Another of the key things Spotify is missing has been done very well by Last - an iPod / iPhone client. Why you'd launch a music service without one, especially after a beta of a year, I can't understand.
Yes, they're both music services delivered over the internet, but they aren't really in competition at the moment, and a merged client (Spotify with Last.fm radio and local playback) would be amazing.
No free acces
It is probably worth mentioning that the "free" option is currently an invitation-only beta.
But you can sign up for paid access right now.
Paying for a beta? Sounds like a Microsoft business model
Pretty nifty but the interface needs work.
I have been using spotify for a while. It has a fantastic music database and is fast and reliable, but it simply lacks tools for music management that other media players have.
I would like to be able to pool my favorite albums and tracks into a generic music library, create 'views' into the music library so I can browse it however I feel and create dynamic playlists based on my own rules applied to that library. Your limited to dragging and dropping music into static playlists.
Right now, it's a good application for scouting out music - finding the bands/tracks that you heard on the radio or can't quite remember the name for. I then acquire the song in MP3 format and drop them into a proper media player.
If they introduce powerfull tools for music management and drop the price (£120 a year? yeah right!) I would pay for it, until then it will remain something I REALLY want to see do well but is stopping short.
1999 Napster still has them beat
Remember when you could type almost anything into Napster, and find plenty of people that had it, could never stump that thing.
I would have paid a tenner a month for that, easy.
But they won't let us share our own music collections, that scares them shitless as it gives us the control (illusionary, but they are dinosaurs doing the thinking), yet thats all we want.
Oh and to keep the MP3s, but thats a whole other story.
160kbps jukebox?
I'm in. I'll get the client tonight.
No penguin support? Not interested. That's where browser-based wins.
Business Model is banned?
What an odd behaviour... Every business needs a model. Now "Cloud" or "Twitter" - those are bannable words, easily.
No Scrobbling?
"There's very few gimmicks: no widgets or scrobbling. "
Sorry, but there is scrobbling, it's there in the preference panel... (on the Mac client at least).
1) Non SSL account signup
2) T+C from hell
3) 160kbps
4) No freetards allowed (f*ck Wine)
5) See you later
just tried this
so simple even the mrs can use it
sound quality is fine to my ears - lots of "never heard of them" artists
If they offered a download option with the paid for service you can sign me up
I like
Kinda cool
I played with it for a while. It has a good selection of stuff I was interested in, a few albums I haven't got by some fairly obscure artists, other bits and pieces.
I was also pleased that, even though there's no linux version, the page allowed me to download the windows version and suggested I try wine.
I hadn't realised it had audio ads though. That's a deal breaker for me. I know, I know, how else were they going to support themselves? But still, guess I won't be using it much because of this.
It seems to have some significant strengths in terms of the library. I mean, fair enough I haven't ever really looked at the streaming music field before, but "following my nose", as it were, I was delighted to find some real blasts from my past. BAP, Groenemeyer, Art of Noise... A good afternoon's nostalgia trip, if nothing else...
Would I pay for it? Probably; it would depend on the price, as most things do.
Anyway. Back to work. Gluck auf!
no interesting music
Signed up, tried it, there's nothing there I want to listen to. Bye.
Re: Last.fm vs Spotify
"What it doesn't have is a Last.fm style radio where you enter an artist name, or a tag, and get new songs from bands you may never have heard before."
Go to the Artist page, select Artist Radio. Not quite as prolific as the Last.fm radio, but I've found some interesting stuff that way. :)
Thanks for this
Just tried it and found it better than similar services I have previously tried so thumbs up!
Good Lord!
Their 9.99 price works out at ~£100pa
Personally I think that's a very fair price to pay for:
A) Music unencumbered with DRM. Once I've bought it, it's mine and I'll do what I want with it, thank you very much.
B) High quality rips. 128kbps wont do, 192kbps wont do, it's 320+ or bust.
C) Huge library. This is beyond important. Never mind missing the greats (Beatles, Led Zep) as we all probably have these somewhere anyway, whats more important is having a big enough selection that I can justify it as my ONLY source of music. There's no point in paying 100 a month if I still find myself doing illegals to get what I need. This is easier said than done, but will make or break the service.
D) Longevity. To succeed this can't be another fly-by-night services, it has to last. Otherwise people'll see no value in switching from a technology that will survive to one that might not.
If it can fill these criteria, then just show me where to put me digits.
Pulled artists.
They had most of Shellac's stuff for a while, until they pulled it all, along with a bunch of other artists. Shame, as I liked listening to Steve Albini rant about geography, and whatever else he signs about.
Also, typing 'Whitehouse' into Spotify yields some lacklustre country and western band, as opposed to the preferred power electronics unit.
Mind you, they do keep adding artists all the time - they didn't use to have Vampire Weekend, but they're on there now. Not that that's much consolation in the grand scheme of things.
For the *nix users
I've been running it quite happily under Wine for a week or two. No complaints.
Well maybe YOU don't dance to techno any more...
Liking the Alabama 3 reference! :)
@Paul Murphy
You should try Radio 7, a lot of old/good stuff pops up on there.
No penguin support ?
The Windows client runs fine on Wine. I use it without any problem when I boot into Ubuntu.
My kids rang me at work today (school holidays) to find out how they could log in to my account. I wasn't going to give them my password, so I'll have to set up new user accounts for them tonight. They're about as addicted to Spotify as I am. I just hope the business model holds out - I'd hate to lose it now that I'm so used to it being there.
@Paul Murphy
The Goons shows, The Navy Lark, Men from the Ministry, and lots more can be found on BBC Radio 7.
Uses P2p
It's worth noting that Spotify is a P2P app, ie. whilst you're listening to music it's busy sending that music from your PC to other Spotify users.
If you're sharing your connection with others then they may notice a slowdown as Spotify continually sends data. And if you're on a traffic limited package with your ISP then you may want to avoid it.
YouTube as equivalent as highlighted?
"So the idea isn't new, and Google already offers a universal jukebox, albeit mostly unlicensed and low quality, with YouTube. What's the fuss about?"
How do I get a playlist on YouTube? How do I avoid making sure that the link I click is the orginal version of the song and not some emo in his bedroom? How do I click one button to find everything there is on YouTube by that author?
<We are the energy saving trust> sorry about that
What spotify is great at is making listening to music easy. Remember when we were amazed how relevant search results were in Google? Spotify is to youTube what Google was to altavista in terms of ease of use of listening to most music,
Yeah, you can say up there ^^ that napster rocked and it did, but I was on dial up most of the time I was using it so it took ages to get anything. What I want is something quick and easy. If accessibility is ubiquitous, ownership is meaningless. The question is will it's business model make accessibility ubiquitous?
you don't dance to techno anymore
too busy bein a loverman and a deejay
Thumbs up
Been using it for a few months now, really like it, the missus uses it at home as well. Needs some playlist management and browsing enhancements, but it's a lovely low-footprint application. Top marks to the developers.
I'll be paying for a sub once it's out of Beta.
Warning: Pandora fanboy posting
Just launched it, let it load, then clicked the button for next song... Didn't even manage a "1 mississippi" to cover the sound gap. Maybe it's only fast in the US though... For me, Pandora is the greatest thing to happen to the net since google... and I hate to contradict (well not really) but I bought a subscription because I like it *that much* (tho the ads were very unobtrusive imo)
I will say I've not used spotify... but it seems like it falls into a weird category of "I know exactly what song I want to hear but don't like it well enough to buy a copy"
I will end by saying I am listening to the "beatles" station I just created on pandora. "spotify really blows them away" psh not if you like the beatles i guess :p
"not available in your country yet"
You know what, the next newfangled-whatever-delivery-bull that discriminates me for not being located in a place it likes can suck my salty ass.
— I realize Spotify is invite only. Nevertheless, I see this too often by now. They can all go fuck themselves and come back crying when me, you and everyone's grandma has adopted 100% anonymous surfing habits —
No invite necessary
I googled them and, though the preview excerpt was the "you need an invite business", I was given the chance to sign up for free straight away. Maybe they want more Linux users? You get a nice friendly page if you click the download button under Linux ...
It now works perfectly under wine, and I am very impressed.
Not multi-soundcard aware
I have two soundcards. I use the one on the motherboard for Lo-Fi PC speaker playback of Youtube type crud and a high quality one with SPDIF output to a decent amp.
I want the music to go to the amp but it has no option to set the output device. It uses whatever the default audio device is. So in order to get it to output to the preferred soundcard I would have to change the default Windows device everytime.
I have sent a request for this feature but seriously this kind of thing should be included by default. Most media players give some option to choose your output device these days.
The complete lack of any overseas catalogue and indies also makes this a pile of crap. Could not find UK dance musos Hybrid on there. Nor any Jpop idols.
It does feel responsive though and the quality seemd good. Better than iTunes by far. I just hope they can do better.
160kb my foot
Well if it is, it certainly wasn't produced with a decent codec. On the hi-fi, it sounds like an AM radio compared to 128 kb mp3s. Particularly bad at reproducing pianos.
Nevertheless, it currently offers the widest non-pirate selection of music on the web.
OP knows nothing about the sound quality
>Sound quality is so-so: at around 160kbps it's got that "standing outside the room" feel to it.
Utter rubbish. 160kbs is above normal MP3 quality and very good. If you think it sounds like you are hearing it through a wall/door I suggest you sort your stereo out. Its more than fine and as good - or better than copies you get off P2P.
Re: Invites.
No need for invites!
Registration can be had for free at https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/
@Uses P2P
How does that work? I'm not downloading a library of tracks to my PC, so unless two users are listening to the same track at the same time, there's no way for P2P to be of any use (either to Spotify or its users).
I call BS.
Spotify looks rather good - even though I've no interest in 'pop'.
I like it
Fast responsive
had mebbe 4 tracks out of 300 that would play.
want floyd on there
@Ac badly placed ads !!
Well thats your own bloody fault you shouldnt of opted out of Phorm :P
Quality wise Well i use 2x 125 studio monitors and for a streamed service its one of the best i have heard
better than winamp radio for 1
Hot keys work only when program on desktop which is a pity (but could be my setup)
will happily recommend to friends and family
Only one irritation: When I double click a song in search results, I only want to add that one song, NOT THAT AND EVERY SINGLE RESULT THAT CAME OUT BELOW IT
No option to keep?
/me looks wondering at krecord red button...
@Len Goddard - No free access
I signed up yesterday evening for a free account with no problem - may be worth trying again?
Support for linux would be better, however it was nice to see them supply easy to follow instructions for setting up with Wine. It worked very smoothly for me with Ubuntu 8.04LTS and Wine v1.
Not that impressed
The sound quality isn't great, I don't want to be pestered with adverts, and it's not as good as Last.fm for finding cool new stuff.
excellent for free
i have it playing off a macbook into a Stanton mixer and Samson servo amp final lick out of a cheap pear of Eltac speakers from Richer Sounds. The quality is fine for a free online jukebox. There is also a lot more than 'pop' - I've just been playing Can and some Digital Hardcore from Atari Teenage Riot. Compared to Last.fm the catalogue isn't yet as deep. People need to ralise its just come out of beta and launched. I think the criticisms on this board are unfounded.
Sigh. Support for Linux...
If you make a product that works perfectly under WINE, and you include very clear instructions of how to get WINE, then you don't *need* native Linux support IME.
Liking this, works well, sounds OK through my 2.1 system, can't complain given it's for nowt!
Steven R
Spotify & Last.fm can work together.
Spotify has got a Scrobbling client to send the tracks to Last.fm. I've been using this for a month and it works great on both Windows and Ubuntu with Wine.
I'm yet to find someone who has actually used Spotify and said it is rubbish. Most people don't like the idea of it, until they start searching the Music catalogue.
Very good
Spotify seems like a winner to me. There's plenty of good music and the interface is very clean and simple.
Chances of me upgrading to the paid for service = 0% (although I might be tempted if they did a Windows mobile client for use at work).
PS. Definitely no invite needed for the free service as of 200802140830.
krecord red button...
Yup, if you can be arsed going that route, there's nothing to stop you.
However, I think the record industry got it right - 100% right - this time. They're giving you the chance to 'try before you buy' the entire track/album in a very convenient and let's face it - trusting manner. It would be bad show on our part not to seek out a paid-for permanent copy for use on players, whether that's on a CD or through a legitimate download site.
Exploiting the 'analog hole' with Spotify to get free-as-in-beer music would confirm everything the industry says about file sharers - the very things that file sharers deny so loudly on forums everywhere (inc. El Reg).
Jolly Roger, cos I didn't use the 'P' word.
big puzzle
The big puzzle is why the traditional recording industry thinks it has a right to survive in the 1920s form that it has perpetuated for so long.
Entertainment changes all the time.
Where are the sheet-music stores that used to be on every high street, in every department store?
Where are the variety shows, at the end of the pier or on TV?
What happened to Top of the Pops or the 6:5 special or Juke box Jury?
When did you last go to a dance in a village hall?
where are the music halls?
Where are the Town Waits, combining music with guarding the walls?
I think that the 'record labels' may well go the same way. I don't think they will be missed.
Paris, cos she can normally spot when things have finished
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Hollywood Feed on West Jackson Avenue in the Goose Creek Mall is once again hosting an adoption day for kittens, cats and dogs from 9Lives Cat Rescue, this Saturday from noon to 3 p.m.. An opportunity for pet photos, taken by a professional photographer, will be available for $10, with the proceeds going to 9Lives. Volunteers from 9Lives will be present to answer questions. (August 10, 2010)
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- W.R. "Sonny" Hemphill — 82, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery. Visitation will precede the service from 12:30 until 2:30 at the funeral home.
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