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Why Russia produces (and quashes) so much radical art

Why Russia produces (and quashes) so much radical art tists have always held a special place in Russian society. My father, the playwright Alexander Guelman, was well known in the 1970s and was once lauded by Mikhail Gorbachev as the father of perestroika , the movement for reform within the Communist Party. At that time, theater was changing the perceptions of an entire generation. During the period of glasnost ("openness") in the mid-1980s, restrictions on forbidden books were relaxed . This newly available literature allowed people to evaluate society in ways that had previously been suppressed by communist propaganda. The return of the great writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn from exile in 1994 became symbolic of a new era. But by this time, rock music had taken over the roles previously held by theater and literature. The creativity of acts like Mashina Vremeni, Boris Grebenshikov and DDT led the charge for a new, open world. The whole country knew the lyrics by K...

ARIA Grid: Supporting nonvisual layout and keyboard traversal

ARIA Grid: Supporting nonvisual layout and keyboard traversal Modern web applications contain complex and dense user interface patterns — infinitely scrolling lists of content, menu bars, and complex data tables with interactive controls in cells, to name a few components. With a mouse pointer, a person can easily traverse the controls and items of an application. For a keyboard user, traversing a page via the Tab key becomes more cumbersome as the number of controls and items increases. A modern web page may contain hundreds of tab stops — elements that can be traversed using the Tab key. At Facebook, we are experimenting with a user interface pattern for traversing a page with a keyboard that we call a logical grid. A logical grid reduces numerous tab stops to a single tab stop within a part of the interface designated as a grid. From the single tab stop, a person can traverse items in the grid using arrow keys. In addition, Accessible Rich Internet Application...

Beijing forces migrant workers from their homes in 'savage' demolitions

Beijing forces migrant workers from their homes in 'savage' demolitions By Matt Rivers and Serenitie Wang , CNN Updated 0825 GMT (1625 HKT) December 9, 2017 Beijing (CNN) Modern Beijing was built on the backs of low-paid migrants like Zhao Guihua. The 50-something cook and cleaner is one of thousands of people critics say have been forced from their homes in the past two weeks as part of a drive by the municipal government to shut down what it claims is unsafe and overcrowded housing. Now homeless, she's selling all her possessions and preparing to return to her village -- hundreds of miles away in Henan province in central China. "Our apartment was demolished and new housing is too expensive to afford. We're not making enough money," she says, with her shoes, cups, pans, pots, a space heater and tools spread out in front of her on a cloth on the street. "I have no choice but to go home. I...

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