text:
PrintMaster Platinum is a Mac desktop publishing program for those who require a lot of possiblenesses of the project in one fine package, the Program appears better and identical simple to apply, the instrument the image apply in this program. As the instrument and the effect is not strong as few other programs reviewed, they did enough to get the job finish, entire the basic image manipulation is present via the sidebar, each with their own buttons, making it simple to tweak the photos and images provided.
A photo utility is also included, which is helpful for the minute surprisingly adjustments to your project, not every program has benefited from its inclusion certainly this function, and this software. The image effects not as flashy or controllable, but what is available, is a modest feature set, to get the job done.
Attachment 25536
Text functions, once again available through the big sidebar are very useful, while the possibility of art words really are not available, you can add shadows, colors, and change the opacity. It shows that the developers were informed that they have chosen to enable these features, not necessary with many other programs, in General, once again, you will not find the deepest set of tools, but those that are well done.
Print is a snap, you can select which pages you require to print from your project, such as ink and paper preserve on those pesky reprints that ever pop up, you can also alter the print quality and resolution tailored to your project and its intended apply. A photo booklet and letterhead does not need the similar print output and these print choice reflect this require.


text:
- Mobile site
- E-Newsletters
- News feed
- Find us on Twitter
Follow us on Twitter
- Find us on Facebook
Sutton Guardian
Like us on Facebook
Hot rod Sackey in mood for final fling at Harlequins (From Sutton Guardian)
Contact us: Got a photo? Text SLPICS to 80360, click to upload your story or call 020 8722 6355
Sport RSS Feed
Hot rod Sackey in mood for final fling at Harlequins
11:45am Friday 30th August 2013 in Sport By Stuart Amos
Harlequins new boy Paul Sackey may be approaching the tail end of his career, but he still has wheels enough for a Premiership title tilt.
The 33-year-old completed a move back to England earlier this month after a three-year spell in France with Toulon and Stade Francais.
The former England international, who has a passion for fast cars, signed for his third London club having enjoyed great success with London Irish and London Wasps.
Sackey, who put retirement plans on hold to plug the gaps in Quins' injury ravaged back line, hopes his move is more than just a marriage of convenience.
And while a return to the capital is associated with taking care of his blossoming business interests, the main reason the decorated winger has signed up at the Stoop is a desire to win more silverware.
"I was always coming back to London," said Sackey, who is old enough to have played alongside O'Shea and coach Mark Mapletoft.
"I could have stayed in France, but I've only got one or two more years of rugby left in me and I need to focus on getting involved in my businesses as well.
"I turned other offers down because they were not convenient.
"Once this came up I didn't need much persuading.
"This is a big club that wants to win things, which is the main reason I came here to carry on playing. If it wasn't the right decision than I probably would have retired.
"I'm still passionate about winning. I love winning. I hate losing and I did not want to be at a club that was struggling to stay in the league or in mid-table."
Sackey was thrown in at the deep end against London Scottish a couple of weeks ago and again for 20 minutes in Saturday's 19-16 win over Glasgow Warriors – secured by a late try from Matt Hopper after early scores from Nick Easter and Ugo Monye.
On target: Ugo Monye scored in the pre-season 19-16 win over Glasgow Warriors SP73030
But the Premiership, Heineken Cup and Powergen Cup winner is hoping a return to top form will not be far away.
"Because I was concentrating on my businesses, I took two months out of the game over the summer," said Sackey, who specialises in sourcing and selling luxury cars.
"I signed on the Thursday and played on the Friday, so I've come in right at the intensive part of pre-season.
"I'm enjoying my rugby again. I want some more good memories to take away with me "The past few years in France were just stress. It was difficult.
"I know that when I'm enjoying my rugby it brings out a good performance in me.
"Hopefully by the end of the season we'll be up there to get a trophy."
Comments are closed on this article.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Powered by Audials Radiotracker offers Radiograbber the best comfort for listening to Radios and the best Radio Recorder! Test drive Radiograbber now without any registration!
Only Radiograbber can monitor thousands of radio stations simultaneously, thus fulfilling your music wishes in a fully automatic way. This is why Audials Radiotracker is the most popular, most award-winning and most sold Internet radio recorder both in retailers and in online shops.
Radiograbber offers the largest database with the most radio stations on the Internet. The most popular radio player shows you the current program with the tracks played for every radio station. The title preview even gives you the album art available.
Radiograbber is unique as the ultimate radio player and radio recorder with wish lists. With complete convenience, you can find and listen to your favorite radio station while also recording masses of free MP3s.
Radiograbber offers the complete discography of 750,000 artists. To get your stars' music albums, simply click on the albums and the software will collect all of the albums' tracks. Of course, you can also select individual titles. Simply select the title, artist, album, genre or radio station, press the start button and Radiograbber will soon magic up the first of many tracks, albums and even samplers onto your hard drive!
Radiograbber automatically fills your smartphones and even your Cloud services with music.
60,000 of the best podcasts and 20 music TV channels are available. The ringtone studio enables you to easily create your own ringtones from recorded music for free.
Online shops for music downloads generally offer tracks as WMA or MP3 files with a quality of 192 or 256 kbit/s. Internet radio stations broadcast at up to 320 kbit/s. You will therefore get excellent MP3 tracks at the same or better quality than in a music shop, and yet you pay nothing!
Internet Radio Recorder records MP3, AAC, WMA radio transmissions. Radiotracker records 50,000 Internet Radios as perfect Webradio Recorder Windows Software Tool. As Ripper Freeware for Internetradio recording Radiotracker saves Music from Radios to MP3 files and adds automatically ID3-tags, Cover Artwork and Lyrics to the Songs. Learn how to record Music from Internet Radio Stations. Find your favourite Artists in the Radiotracker Database for recording. Rip the Music from 80 Genres from every Internetradio. Find new Internet Radios from all over the Internet for automatically Music ripping. Radiotracker is the Webradio Recorder Deluxe that automatically records, normalize and tags the ripped Music from every Internet Radio. You can record the best radios for Dance, Techno, Hip hop, Metal, Rock and other Music Genre with the Radiotracker Music Ripper.
You can search for and select over 50,000 Internet radio stations by genre, country of origin and of course by radio station. Create your own list of favorites super easy. Here's a hint: find your new favorite radio stations that play your favorite artists the most!
After recording your 40 songs, you can use them, or MP3 files, to create your own customized ringtones in three easy steps and then transfer them to your cell phone without a cable in the right file format.
Podcasts are entertaining programs packaged as episodes that you can either watch or listen to. Podcasts can be informative television programs or comical audio programs of all kinds, to which you can subscribe for free. Just subscribe to a podcast in the podcast database and the database will update itself and as soon as there is a new episode available, the Radiograbber freeware automatically downloads it for you.
The freeware also gives you a preview of the functions included in the full version, which only are available in the demo for a limited time or a limited number of downloads. After reaching the set limit, you will still be able to use all of the freeware functions without restriction.
Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP, 32 bit and 64 bitPC with 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM main storage, 300 MB disk space and DSL / cable / 3G Internet
The best Radiograbber is one program in Audials One and gives you thousands of songs – around the clock. Furthermore, Audials One also finds music videos and MP3 songs that are hard to find on web radio stations in music portals. Audials One ensures that you'll never have to go without a favorite song again. You'll also get a universal converter and legal copy protection remover for music, audiobooks, and videos, as well as lots of additional extras!Together with other software from Audials AG, Audials One has received almost 600 awards since 2004 from leading computer magazines and is among the Internet's most popular software. Audials One is also one of the top-selling products of its kind in international specialized retail outlets. More information about Audials One
Jazz is an original American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States out of a confluence of African and European music traditions. The use of blue notes, call-and-response, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation and the swung note of ragtime are characteristics traceable back to jazz's West African pedigree. During its early development, jazz also incorporated music from New England's religious hymns and from 19th and 20th century American popular music based on European music traditions.Jazz has, from its early 20th century inception, spawned a variety of subgenres, from New Orleans Dixieland dating from the early 1910s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s, a variety of Latin-jazz fusions such as Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz-rock fusion from the 1970s and later developments such as acid jazz.
By 1808 the Atlantic slave trade had brought almost half a million Africans to the United States. The slaves largely came from West Africa and brought strong tribal musical traditions with them. Lavish festivals featuring African dances to drums were organized on Sundays at Place Congo, or Congo Square, in New Orleans until 1843, as were similar gatherings in New England and New York. African music was largely functional, for work or ritual, and included work songs and field hollers. In the African tradition, they had a single-line melody and a call-and-response pattern, but without the European concept of harmony. Rhythms reflected African speech patterns, and the African use of pentatonic scales led to blue notes in blues and jazz.In the early 19th century an increasing number of black musicians learned to play European instruments, particularly the violin, which they used to parody European dance music in their own cakewalk dances. In turn, European-American minstrel show performers in blackface popularized such music internationally, combining syncopation with European harmonic accompaniment. Louis Moreau Gottschalk adapted African-American cakewalk music, South American, Caribbean and other slave melodies as piano salon music. Another influence came from black slaves who had learned the harmonic style of hymns and incorporated it into their own music as spirituals. The origins of the blues are undocumented, though they can be seen as the secular counterpart of the spirituals. Paul Oliver has drawn attention to similarities in instruments, music and social function to the griots of the West African savannah.
Emancipation of slaves led to new opportunities for education of freed African-Americans, but strict segregation meant limited employment opportunities. Black musicians provided "low-class" entertainment at dances, minstrel shows, and in vaudeville, and many marching bands formed. Black pianists played in bars, clubs and brothels.
The music of New Orleans had a profound affect on the creation early jazz. Many early jazz performers played in the brothels and bars of red-light district around Basin Street called "Storyville." In addition, numerous marching bands played at lavish funerals arranged by the African American community. The instruments used in marching bands and dance bands became the basic instruments of jazz: brass and reeds tuned in the European 12-tone scale and drums
Prohibition in the United States (from 1920 to 1933) banned the sale of alcoholic drinks, resulting in illicit speakeasies becoming lively venues of the "Jazz Age", an era when popular music included current dance songs, novelty songs, and show tunes. Jazz started to get a reputation as being immoral and many members of the older generations saw it as threatening the old values in culture and promoting the new decadent values of the Roaring 20s.
The 1930s belonged to popular swing big bands, in which some virtuoso soloists became as famous as the band leaders. Key figures in developing the "big" jazz band included bandleaders and arrangers Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, and Glenn Miller.Trumpeter, bandleader and singer Louis Armstrong, known internationally as the "Ambassador of Jazz," was a much-imitated innovator of early jazz.Swing was also dance music and it was broadcast on the radio 'live' coast-to-coast nightly across America for many years. Although it was a collective sound, swing also offered individual musicians a chance to 'solo' and improvise melodic, thematic solos which could at times be very complex and 'important' music.
Outside of the United States the beginnings of a distinct European style of jazz emerged in France with the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Belgian guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt popularized gypsy jazz, a mix of 1930s American swing, French dance hall "musette" and Eastern European folk with a languid, seductive feel. The main instruments are steel stringed guitar, violin, and double bass. Solos pass from one player to another as the guitar and bass play the role of the rhythm section.
In the late 1930s there was a revival of "Dixieland" music, harkening back to the original contrapuntal New Orleans style. This was driven in large part by record company reissues of early jazz classics by the Oliver, Morton, and Armstrong bands of the 20s.
In the mid-1940s bebop performers helped to shift jazz from danceable popular music towards a more challenging "musician's music." Differing greatly from swing, early bebop divorced itself from dance music, establishing itself more as an art form but lessening its potential popular and commercial value. Influential bebop musicians included saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianists Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown and bassist Ray Brown.
Cool jazz emerged in the late 1940s in New York City, as a result of the mixture of the styles of predominantly white jazz musicians and black bebop musicians. Cool jazz recordings by Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Gil Evans, Stan Getz and the Modern Jazz Quartet usually have a "lighter" sound which avoided the aggressive tempos and harmonic abstraction of bebop.
Hard bop is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music that incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing. Hard bop was developed in the mid-1950s, partly in response to the vogue for cool jazz in the early 1950s. The hard bop style coalesced in 1953 and 1954, paralleling the rise of rhythm and blues. Miles Davis' performance of "Walkin'," the title track of his album of the same year, at the very first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, announced the style to the jazz world.
Free jazz and the related form of avant-garde jazz, are subgenres rooted in bebop, that use less compositional material and allow performers more latitude. Free jazz uses implied or loose harmony and tempo, which was deemed controversial when this approach was first developed. The bassist Charles Mingus is also frequently associated with the avant-garde in jazz, although his compositions draw off a myriad of styles and genres.
Latin jazz has two main varieties: Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz. Afro-Cuban jazz was played in the U.S. directly after the bebop period, while Brazilian jazz became more popular in the 1960s. Afro-Cuban jazz began as a movement in the mid-1950s as bebop musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Taylor started Afro-Cuban bands influenced by such Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians as Xavier Cugat, Tito Puente, and Arturo Sandoval. Brazilian jazz such as bossa nova is derived from samba, with influences from jazz and other 20th century classical and popular music styles.
Soul jazz was a development of hard bop which incorporated strong influences from blues, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often the organ trio which featured the Hammond organ.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s the hybrid form of jazz-rock fusion was developed. Although jazz purists protested the blend of jazz and rock, some of jazz's significant innovators crossed over from the contemporary hardbop scene into fusion. Jazz fusion music often uses mixed meters, odd time signatures, syncopation, and complex chords and harmonies, and fusion includes a number of electric instruments, such as the electric guitar, electric bass, electric piano, and synthesizer keyboards.
There was a resurgence in interest in jazz and other forms of African American cultural expression during the Black Arts Movement and Black nationalist period of the early 1970s. Musicians such as Pharoah Sanders, Hubert Laws and Wayne Shorter began using kalimbas, cowbells, beaded gourds and other instruments not traditional to jazz. Jazz continued to expand and change, influenced by other types of music, such as world music, avant garde classical music, and rock and pop music.
In the 1980s, the jazz community shrank dramatically and split. A mainly older audience retained an interest in traditional and "straight-ahead" jazz styles. Wynton Marsalis strove to create music within what he believed was the tradition, creating extensions of small and large forms initially pioneered by such artists as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.In the early 1980s, a lighter commercial form of jazz fusion called pop fusion or "smooth jazz" became successful and garnered significant radio airplay. Smooth jazz saxophonists include Grover Washington, Jr., Kenny G and Najee.In the late 1980s and early 1990s, several subgenres fused jazz with popular music, such as Acid jazz, nu jazz, and jazz rap.The more experimental and improvisational end of the spectrum includes Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft and American bassist Christian McBride. Toward the more pop or dance music end of the spectrum are St Germain who incorporates some live jazz playing with house beats. Radiohead, Björk, and Portishead have also incorporated jazz influences into their music.In the 2000s, straight-ahead jazz continues to appeal to a core of listeners. Well-established jazz musicians whose careers span decades, such as Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Sonny Rollins, John Surman, Stan Tracey and Jessica Williams continue to perform and record. Some innovative jazz artists to emerge in the 1990s and 2000s with a wide following include The Bad Plus, Brian Blade, Larry Goldings, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and Medeski, Martin, & Wood.
Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, mellotron, and synthesizers. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, and often revolves around the guitar, either solid electric, hollow electric, or acoustic.
Many rock bands consist of a guitarist, lead singer, bass guitarist, and drummer, forming a quartet. Some groups omit one or more of these roles and/or utilize a lead singer who plays an instrument while singing, forming a trio or duo; others include additional musicians such as one or two rhythm guitarists and/or a keyboardist. More rarely, groups also utilize stringed instruments such as violins or cellos, and/or horns like trumpets or trombones.
Rock music has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll and rockabilly, which evolved from blues, country music and other influences. According to the All Music Guide, "In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz and folk. All of these influences combined in a simple, blues-based song structure that was fast, danceable, and catchy."In the late 1960s, rock music was blended with folk music to create folk rock, blues to create blues-rock and with jazz, to create jazz-rock fusion, and without a time signature to create psychedelic rock. In the 1970s, rock incorporated influences from soul, funk, and latin music. Also in the 1970s, rock developed a number of subgenres, such as soft rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock. Rock subgenres that emerged in the 1980s included synth-rock, hardcore punk and alternative rock. In the 1990s, rock subgenres included grunge, Britpop, indie rock, and nu metal.
* Early British Pop (in the 1950s and 1960s): Lonnie Donegan, John Lennon, Cliff Richard * Garage Rock (in the 1960s): The Sonics, Question Mark & the Mysterians, The Standells * Surf Music (in the 1960s): The Shadows, The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean * Folk Rock (in the 1960s and 1970s): Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Neil Young * Psychedelic Rock (in the 1960s and 1970s): Pink Floyd, Donovan, Jimi Hendrix * Progressive Rock (in the 1960s and 1970s): The Who, Procol Harum, Deep Purple * Soft Rock (in the 1960s and 1970s): The Partridge Family, Barry Manilow, Tina Turner * Hard Rock & Heavy Metal (in the 1970s): Queen, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath * Arena Rock (in the 1970s): The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Foreigner * Punk Rock (in the 1970s): Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Heartbreakers * New Wave (in the 1970s): The Police, The Pretenders, Duran Duran * Post-Punk (in the 1970s): John Lydon, Joy Division, The Fall * Glam Metal (in the 1980s): Kiss, Alice Cooper, Sweet * Instrumental Rock (in the 1980s): Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert * Alternative Rock (in the 1980s): R.E.M., Sonic Youth, The Smiths * Grunge (in the 1990s): Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins * Britpop (in the 1990s): Oasis, Pulp, Blur * Indie Rock (in the 1990s): Superchunk, Pavement, Ani DiFranco * Pop Punk (in the 1990s): Greenday, The Offspring, Blink 182 * Post-Grunge (in the 1990s): Silverchair, Foo Fighters, Alanis Morissette * Nu Metal / Rapcore (in the 1990s): Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage against the Machine, Linkin Park * Emo (in the early 2000s): Hawthorne Heights, Sunny Day Real Estate, My Chemical Romance * Metalcore (in the early 2000s): Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Bullet for my Valentine
Pop music is the abbreviation of popular music.Pop music is an ample and imprecise category of modern music not defined by artistic considerations but by its potential audience or prospective market. Pop is music composed with deliberate intent to appeal to the majority of its contemporaries.In opposition to music that requires education or formation to appreciate, a defining characteristic of pop music is that anyone is able to enjoy it. Artistic concepts such as complex musical form and aesthetics are not a concern in the writing of pop songs, the primary objectives being audience enjoyment and commercial success.
In contrast to genres with clear origins and a traceable evolution, pop developed, and continues to expand, as a haphazard merging of styles. Pop is an amalgam of successive fashions, of elements of many differing styles that have been successful over the years and have ended up incorporated into the genre. This section introduces the most significant tunes of each decade, and shows the progression of pop to its current form.
The first songs to belong to the new category were crossover styles from the standard formats of the day. In country music, instrumental soloing was de-emphasised and more prominent vocals added, commonly backed by a string section and vocal chorus.This was also the decade of the advent of rock and roll, a massively influential genre that spawned innumerable changes in the social and cultural fabric of the US, and subsequently the World. The convulsion began when "Rock Around the Clock" (Bill Haley, 1955) crowned the charts in the spring and summer of 1955.
The decade kicked off a style that is still recorded today, the novelty song, combining humorous or parodic lyrics and simple, catchy melodies. In 1961 a new format arose around close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting the Californian relationship with surfing, girls and cars: Surf pop. This very successful style is epitomised by tunes like "Surfin' USA" (Beach Boys, 1963) or "Good Vibrations" (Beach Boys, 1966).Producers' involvement in the business reached new levels in 1965 when Raybert Productions set out to create a pop band from scratch, selecting the members by their looks, dancing ability and appeal to different personalities of fan, rather than musical prowess. The company controlled every aspect of the group, from choice of music to individual behaviours, and guided them to extraordinary success in music, television and cinema. This type of prefabricated band was termed manufactured pop and is the precursor of boy bands and girl groups.
The main influence in the second half of the decade came from disco, a dance-oriented style with soaring, reverberated vocals, a steady beat and prominent, syncopated electric bass lines.Country music re-entered pop in 1973, whilst the African American rhythms that had so affected the genre in the previous decade were still producing hits and expanding limits in this one.
The mutual benefits the film and music industries could afford each other were evidenced in this decade by the songs from movie soundtracks that became chart-toppers: "Eye of the Tiger", from 1982's Rocky III; "Flashdance... What a Feeling", from Flashdance (1983); or "Say You, Say Me", out of the 1985 blockbuster White Nights.The return influences of pop were having a greater impact in this decade than ever before. Hits in the US charts came from the UK, "Careless Whisper" (George Michael, 1984) or "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (Wham!, 1984).The rock genre delivered a good number of pop hits this decade, with bands otherwise protective of their roots delving briefly into commercialism. See "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (The Arrows, 1982) or "Every Breath You Take" (The Police, 1983).A new kind of release debuted in this decade, the charity record, aimed at raising funds for a particular cause held dear by the performer(s). The first of these came from the British Isles in 1984, "Do They Know It's Christmas?", followed in 1985 by "We Are the World", and by "That's What Friends Are For" in 1986.
The nineties were clearly the decade of the female pop artist, their successful singles greatly outnumbering those of male performers. A few of the most significant are "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Sinead O´Connor, 1990), "Vogue" (Madonna, 1990), "Hero" (Mariah Carey, 1993), "Wannabe" (The SpiceGirls, 1996) and "...Baby One More Time" (Britney Spears, 1999).Pop became truly international in the nineties, with hits coming from diverse and distant locations: * Germany: "The Power" (1990), "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (1992) and "Mr Vain" (1993) * UK: "The One and Only" (1991), Love Is All Around" (both 1994), "Candle in the Wind 1997" * Spain: "Macarena" (1996) * Italy: "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (1998) * Netherlands: "Boom Boom Boom Boom" (1998) * Australia: "Truly Madly Deeply" (1998)
In a similar vein to the previous decade, female singers had a big influence on the pop genre in the noughties, with soulful ballads, hip hop pieces and dance tracks: "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys, 2001), "Whenever, Wherever" (Shakira, 2001), "White Flag" (Dido, 2003), "Since U Been Gone" (Avril Lavigne, 2005) and "Umbrella" (Rihanna, 2007).Once more, African Americans contributed heartily to pop with diverse styles. Some hits were hip hop-based, such as "Yeah!" (Usher, 2004), other chart-toppers were variations on reggae beats ("It Wasn't Me" (Shaggy, 2000).The international appeal of pop was evident in the new millennium, with artists from around the World influencing the genre and local variants merging with the mainstream. Latin pop was successful with songs from Spain, "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias, 2002), "Whenever, Wherever" (Shakira, 2002). Canada entered the charts with "That's the Way It Is" (Celine Dion, 2000) and British artists did the same with "Feel" (Robbie Williams, 2003) or "You're Beautiful" (James Blunt, 2005).As of 2008, pop music is now currently the most popular style of music of youth culture, making competition with hip-hop, dance, and country.
(Electronic) dance music is a broad set of percussive music genres that largely inherit from 1970s disco music and, to some extent, the experimental pop music of Kraftwerk. Such music was originally borne of and popularized via regional nightclub scenes in the 1980s. By the early 1990s, the presence of electronic dance music in contemporary culture was noted widely and its role in society began to be explored in published historical, cultural and social science academic studies. It is constructed by means of electronic instruments such as synthesizers, drum machines and sequencers, and generally emphasizes the unique sounds of those instruments, even when mimicking traditional acoustic instrumentation. It sometimes encompasses music not primarily meant for dancing, but derived from the dance-oriented styles.Dance music experienced a boom after the proliferation of personal computers in the 1980s, many music genres that made use of electronic instruments developed into contemporary styles mainly thanks to the MIDI protocol, which enabled computers, synthesizers, sound cards, samplers and drum machines to control one another and achieve the full synchronization of sounds. Dance music is typically composed using computers and synthesizers, and rarely has any physical instruments played live for the track, instead this is replaced by sampled percussive beats or phrases, the latter often being cut up beyond their original rhythms, or digital/electronic sounds. Dance music typically ranges from 120bpm up to 200bpm.
Dance music is categorized by music journalists and fans alike as an ever-evolving plethora of named genres, styles and sub-styles. Some genres, such as techno, house, trance, electro, breakbeat, drum and bass, Italo disco, and Eurobeat (closely related to Italo disco) are primarily intended to promote dancing. Others, such as IDM, glitch and trip-hop, are more experimental and tend to be associated more with listening than dancing.Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy set out a categorization of electronic dance music genres based on beats per minute (bpm): * 60–90 bpm — hip hop and dub * 90–120 bpm — faster hip hop and big beats/trip hop * 120–135 bpm — house * 135–155 bpm — techno * 155–180 bpm — drum and bass / jungle * 180 + bpm — hardcore gabber and beyond
With the explosive growth of computers music technology and consequent reduction in the cost of equipment in the late 1990s, the number of artists and DJs working within electronic music is overwhelming. With the advent of hard disk recording systems, it is possible for any home computer user to become a musician, and hence the rise in the number of "bedroom bands", often consisting of a single person. Nevertheless notable artists can still be identified. Influential musicians in industrial, synth pop and later electronic dance styles include Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle (both now defunct), the Human League and Kraftwerk. In house, techno and drum and bass pioneers such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Frankie Bones are still active as of 2007. Commercially successful artists working under the "electronica" rubric such as Faithless, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Moby continue to release albums and perform regularly (sometimes in stadium-sized arenas, such has the popularity of electronic dance music grown). Some DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk and Tijs Verwest (aka Tiësto) have reached true superstar status and can command five-figure salaries for a single performance. They perform for hours on end. Some DJs have world wide radio, and internet, broadcasted shows that air weekly, such as A State of Trance, a show mixed by Armin van Buuren.
The term, "oldies," refers to both popular music from the 1950s-1970s and the radio format that specializes in this type of music. "Golden oldies" usually refers to oldies music exclusively from the 1950s-early 1960s. Oldies songs are typically from the R&B, pop and rock music genres but may also include country, movie soundtrack, novelty, and other types of popular music played on the radio from around 1950-on. Pop music genres that had their heyday before the 1950s (e.g., ragtime, big band) are generally considered "too old" to be included in the oldies radio format. Oldies music radio stations, which typically feature bands and artists such as (to name a few) Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Pat Boone, Sam Cooke, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, the Rascals, the Association, the Temptations, the Who, Elton John, and Fleetwood Mac, cover a wide variety of styles including early rock and roll, rockabilly, doo-wop, surf rock, girl groups, the British Invasion, folk rock, psychedelic rock, baroque pop, soul music, Motown, and bubblegum pop. Oldies music also overlaps with classic rock which focuses on the rock music of the late 1960s and 1970s as well as newer music in a similar style.
The phrase, "oldies but goodies," was first coined in 1957 by renowned deejay Art Laboe who, at around that time, used to get frequent requests from his listeners for songs from the early 1950s. A central figure in L.A. radio for over half a century, Laboe was the first deejay to play rock n roll on the West Coast and one of the first to play black and white artists on the same show. In 1959, he put together the first LP to feature (mostly older) songs by different artists. This immensely popular compilation album, entitled "Oldies But Goodies," stayed on Billboard's Top 100 LP's chart for over three years and has, to date, spawned some 14 sequels.Soon after the release of Laboe's first "Oldies But Goodies" album, the phrase, "oldies but goodies," became commonplace and by around 1960, people were waxing nostalgic for 1950s doo-wop which was already starting to be classified as "oldies." Little Caesar And The Romans' 1961 hit, "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)" and its sequel, "Memories of Those Oldies But Goodies," both pay homage to early doo-wop and doo-wop artists. This wave of nostalgia brought about a doo-wop revival in the early 1960s which was the first of many nostalgia movements in pop music since the term, "oldies," was first applied to older pop music.
While "golden oldies" has remained a constant over the years, the larger body of pop music that we still call "oldies" today - which is made up of core golden oldies songs plus more modern material - is not fixed but has been gradually expanding forward in time to keep up with changing demographics. Nowadays, oldies music is generally considered to include all of the 1970s, even disco, and the same is expected to be true someday for the music of the 1980s, now often described as "retro." Oldies music is also expanding in breadth as thousands of long-forgotten tunes from the 1950s and 1960s that never made the Top 40 in their day are being rediscovered and resurrected. Whether because of nostalgia, curiosity, or a genuine love for good music, the oldies format has maintained a huge following and will probably continue to do so for many years to come.
Alternative music can be separated in the following genres:
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the underground music scene of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. The term "alternative" was coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that did not fit into the mainstream genres of the time. As a musical genre, alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as grunge, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop. These genres are unified by their collective debt to the style and/or ethos of punk, which laid the groundwork for alternative music in the 1970s.Though the genre is considered to be rock, some of its subgenres are influenced by folk music, reggae, electronic music and jazz among other genres. At times alternative rock has been used as a catch-all phrase for rock music from underground artists in the 1980s, all music descended from punk rock (including punk itself, New Wave, and post-punk), and, ironically, for rock music in general in the 1990s and 2000s.While a few artists like R.E.M. and The Cure achieved commercial success and mainstream critical recognition, many alternative rock artists during the 1980s were cult acts that recorded on independent labels and received their exposure through college radio airplay and word-of-mouth. With the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the early 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became commercially successful.
Alternative dance is a term used for the genre of music combining elements of dance-pop (or other forms of electronic dance music such as house or techno) and alternative rock genres such as indie pop. Alternative dance music is typically predominantly electronic, with programmed beats from drum machines or sampled drum loops and sequenced synthesizer melodies, and thus musically very similar to commercial dance-pop. The indie element is most prevalent in the songwriting; unlike much dance music, alternative dance typically contains lyrics, and, as in indie pop or indie rock, these are often more thematically complex and/or less polished than those of commercial pop.The seeds of alternative dance were sown when New Order, inspired by Kraftwerk and the New York club scene, started combining sequenced electronic elements with their brand of icy post-punk and often enigmatic lyrics. Other Manchester bands, such as the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays continued the tradition of combining traditionally guitar-based indie music with electronic instrumentation and production; this culminated in the Madchester scene. The later records of PiL are also a prime example of alternative dance.Alternative dance gained in popularity after the Second Summer of Love, when the sounds of Acid House music had filtered through to and influenced the sounds of chart pop. Various people from an indie background soon adapted the equipment and techniques of dance-pop, combining it with a more astute and less populistic songwriting sensibility. Well-known examples of this movement include Saint Etienne and Dubstar. Modern bands inspired by the Alternative Dance music scene include The Rapture and Tom Vek.As both the financial costs and levels of musical virtuosity required to make passable-sounding electronic music drop under the influence of technological improvements, and people who grew up listening to electronic pop take up music, the electronic style epitomised by alternative dance is increasingly becoming the mainstream of independent music, with the once dominant guitar-based form of pop that dominated low-budget independent recordings now becoming just another subgenre.
Alternative metal is an eclectic form of music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. In many instances, it can be accurately described as a fusion of heavy metal and alternative rock. It is characterized by some heavy metal trappings (most notably heavy riffs), but usually with a pronounced experimental edge, including unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures, unusual technique, a resistance to conventional approaches to heavy music and an incorporation of a wide range of influences outside of the metal music scene.
Alternative hip hop is a genre that is defined in greatly varying ways. All Music Guide defines it as follows:Alternative hip-hop refers to Hip-Hop groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional stereotypes of rap, such as gangsta, funk, bass, hardcore, and party rap. Instead, they blur genres, drawing equally from funk and pop / rock, as well as jazz, soul and reggae.
Alternative country includes various subgenres of country music contrasted with mainstream or pop country.Alternative country can refer to several ideas. Most generally, any musician who plays a type of country music different from the prevailing trend can be said to play "alternative country". By this standard, for example, the Bakersfield sound was alternative in the 1950s, and the Lubbock, Texas musicians were alternative in the 1960s.In the 1990s, however, "alternative country" came to refer to a diverse group of musicians and singers operating outside the traditions and industry of mainstream country music. In general, these musicians eschewed the high production values and pop outlook of the Nashville-dominated industry, to produce music with a lo-fi sound, frequently infused with a strong punk and rock & roll aesthetic, bending the traditional rules of country music. Lyrics are often bleak, gothic or socially aware. In other respects, the musical styles of artists that fall within this genre often have little in common, ranging from traditional American folk tunes and bluegrass, through rockabilly and honky-tonk, to music that is indistinguishable from mainstream rock or country. Indeed, many alternative country artists come from punk and rock backgrounds.
(Heavy) Metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion and fast guitar solos.Metal has long had a worldwide following of fans known as "metalheads" or "headbangers". Although early heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, they were often critically reviled at the time, a status common throughout the history of the genre. In the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal followed in a similar vein, introducing a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed.In the mid-1980s, pop-infused glam metal became a major commercial force with groups like Mötley Crüe. Underground scenes produced an array of more extreme, aggressive styles: thrash metal broke into the mainstream with bands such as Metallica, while other styles like death metal and black metal remain subcultural phenomena. Since the mid-1990s, popular styles such as nu metal, which often incorporates elements of funk and hip hop; and metalcore, which blends extreme metal with hardcore punk, have further expanded the definition of the genre.
The typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are often used to enhance the fullness of the sound.
American blues music was a major influence on the early British rockers. Bands like The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds recorded covers of many classic blues songs, using electric guitar where many of the originals had used acoustic and sometimes speeding up the tempo.The combination of blues-rock with psychedelic rock formed much of the original basis for heavy metal. One of the most influential bands in forging the merger of genres was the power trio Cream, who derived a massive, heavy sound from unison riffing between guitarist Eric Clapton and bassist Jack Bruce, as well as Ginger Baker's double bass drumming.
In 1968, the sound that would become known as heavy metal began to coalesce. That January, the San Francisco band Blue Cheer released a cover of Eddie Cochran's classic "Summertime Blues" that many consider the first true heavy metal recording. The same month, Steppenwolf released its self-titled debut album, including "Born to Be Wild," with its "heavy metal" lyric.Led Zeppelin defined central aspects of the emerging genre, with Page's highly distorted guitar style and singer Robert Plant's dramatic, wailing vocals. Other bands, with a more consistently heavy, "purely" metal sound, would prove equally important in codifying the genre. The 1970 releases by Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath and Paranoid) and Deep Purple (Deep Purple in Rock) were crucial in this regard.On the other side of the Atlantic, the trend-setting group was Grand Funk Railroad, "the most commercially successful American heavy-metal band from 1970 until they disbanded in 1976, they established the Seventies success formula: continuous touring."
Iron Maiden were one of the central bands in the punk rock–inspired New Wave of British Heavy Metal.Punk rock emerged in the mid-1970s as a reaction against contemporary social conditions as well as what was perceived as the overindulgent, overproduced rock music of the time, including heavy metal. Sales of metal records declined sharply in the late 1970s in the face of punk, disco, and more mainstream rock.The first generation of metal bands was ceding the limelight. Deep Purple had broken up soon after Blackmore's departure in 1975, and Led Zeppelin folded in 1980. Black Sabbath was routinely upstaged in concert by its opening act, the Los Angeles band Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen established himself as one of the leading metal guitar virtuosos of the era.Inspired by Van Halen's success, a metal scene began to develop in Southern California, particularly Los Angeles, during the late 1970s. The glam metal movement—along with similarly styled acts such as New York's Twisted Sister—became a major force in metal and the wider spectrum of rock music.By the mid-1980s, glam metal was a dominant presence on the U.S. charts, music television, and the arena concert circuit. New bands such as L.A.'s Warrant and acts from the East Coast like Poison and Cinderella became major draws, while Mötley Crüe and Ratt remained very popular. Bridging the stylistic gap between hard rock and glam metal, New Jersey's Bon Jovi became enormously successful with its third album, Slippery When Wet (1986).One band that reached diverse audiences was Guns N' Roses. In contrast to their glam metal contemporaries in L.A., they were seen as much rawer and more dangerous. With the release of their chart-topping Appetite for Destruction (1987), they "recharged and almost single-handedly sustained the Sunset Strip sleaze system for several years."
Many subgenres of metal developed outside of the commercial mainstream during the 1980s: thrash metal, death metal, black metal, power metal, and the related subgenres of doom and gothic metal.The 1991 release of Forest of Equilibrium, the debut album by UK band Cathedral, helped spark a new wave of doom metal. During the same period, the doom-death fusion style of British bands Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, and Anathema gave rise to European gothic metal, with its signature dual-vocalist arrangements, exemplified by Norway's Theatre of Tragedy and Tristania.In the United States, sludge metal, mixing doom and hardcore, emerged in the late 1980s—Eyehategod and Crowbar were leaders in a major Louisiana sludge scene.
The era of metal's mainstream dominance in North America came to an end in the early 1990s with the emergence of Nirvana and other grunge bands, signaling the popular breakthrough of alternative rock.Glam metal fell out of favor due not only to the success of grunge, but also because of the growing popularity of the more aggressive sound typified by Metallica and the post-thrash groove metal of Pantera and White Zombie.Like Jane's Addiction, many of the most popular early 1990s groups with roots in heavy metal fall under the umbrella term "alternative metal."In the mid- and late 1990s came a new wave of U.S. metal groups inspired by the alternative metal bands and their mix of genres. Dubbed "nu metal," bands such as P.O.D., Korn, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, and Linkin Park incorporated elements ranging from death metal to hip hop, often including DJs and rap-style vocals.
Metalcore, an originally American hybrid of thrash metal, melodic death metal, and hardcore punk, emerged as a commercial force in 2002–2003. It is rooted in the crossover thrash style developed by bands such as Suicidal Tendencies, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, and Stormtroopers of Death in the mid-1980s. Through the 1990s, metalcore was mostly an underground phenomenon, but by 2004 it had become popular enough that Killswitch Engage's The End of Heartache and Shadows Fall's The War Within debuted at numbers 21 and 20, respectively, on the Billboard album chart. Bullet for My Valentine, from Wales, reached similar heights on the British album chart with The Poison (2005).In Europe, especially Germany and Scandinavia, metal continues to be broadly popular. Acts such as the thrash shredding group The Haunted, melodic death metal bands In Flames and Children of Bodom, symphonic extreme metal acts Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth, and power metal group HammerFall have been very successful in recent years.
Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music. Disco songs usually have soaring, often reverberated vocals over a steady four-on-the-floor beat, an eighth note (quaver) or sixteenth note (semi-quaver) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a prominent, syncopated electric bass line. Strings, horns, electric pianos, and electric guitars create a lush background sound. Orchestral instruments such as the flute are often used for solo melodies, and unlike in rock, lead guitar is rarely used.Well-known mid-1970s disco performers included Evelyn "Champagne" King, Tavares, Chic, Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Grace Jones, Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, the Village People, Sylvester, the Jackson 5 and Barry White. While performers and singers garnered the lion's share of public attention, the behind-the-scenes producers played an equal, if not more important role in disco, since they often wrote the songs and created the innovative sounds and production techniques that were part of the "disco sound". Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of disco's popularity, and films such as Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday contributed to disco's rise in mainstream popularity and ironically the beginning of it's commercial decline. While disco music declined in popularity in the early to mid 1980s, it was an important influence on the development of Hip hop music and Disco's direct descents -- 1980s and 1990s electric dance music genres of House Music and its harder driving offshoot Techno as well as 80's British New Wave and hip hop subgenres of crunk, snap, and hyphy.
The release of the film and soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever, which became the number one best-selling soundtrack of all time, turned Disco into a mainstream music genre. This in turn led many non-Disco artists to record disco songs at the height of its popularity, most often due to demand from record companies who needed a surefire hit. Many of these songs were not "pure" disco, but were instead rock or pop songs with disco overtones. Notable examples include Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" (1977); Barry Manilow's "Copacabana (At The Copa)" (1978), Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".
The disco sound had a gigantic influence on early 1980s hip-hop and rap. Most of the early rap/hip-hop songs were created by isolating existing Disco base guitar lines and dubbing over them with MC rimes. In 1982, Afrika Bambataa released the single "Planet Rock," which incorporated electronica elements from Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" and "Numbers." The "Planet Rock" sound also spawned a hip-hop electronic dance trend, which included such songs as Planet Patrol's "Play At Your Own Risk" (1982), C Bank's "One More Shot" (1982), Shannon's "Let the Music Play" (1983), Freeez's "I.O.U." (1983), Midnight Star's "Freak-A-Zoid" (1983), and Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" (1984).
In the 1990s, a revival of the original disco style began to emerge. The disco influence can be heard in songs as Gloria Estefan's "Get On Your Feet" (1991), Whitney Houston's "I'm Every Woman" (1993), U2's "Lemon" (1993), Diana Ross's "Take Me Higher" (1995), The Spice Girls' "Who Do You Think You Are" (1997), Gloria Estefan's "Heaven's What I Feel" (1998), Cher's "Strong Enough" (1998), and Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat" (1999).The trend continued in the 2000s with hit songs such as Kylie Minogue's "Spinning Around" (2000) and "Love at First Sight" (2002), Janet Jackson's "R&B Junkie" (2004), La Toya Jackson's "Just Wanna Dance" (2004), and Madonna's 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor echoes traditional disco themes, particularly in the single "Hung Up," which samples ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)."In the mid-late 2000s, many disco-influenced songs have been released, becoming hits, including Ultra Nate's "Love's The Only Drug" (2006), Gina G's "Tonight's The Night" (2006), Irene Cara's "Forever My Love" (2006), Bananarama's "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)", Dannii Minogue's "Perfection" (2006), Claudja Barry's "I Will Stand" (2006), Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Me and My Imagination" (2007) and Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder" (2007).
Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s. The term country music began to be used in the 1940s when the earlier term hillbilly music was deemed to be degrading, and the term was widely embraced in the 1970s, while country and western has declined in use since that time, except in the United Kingdom, where it is still commonly used.Country music has produced two of the top selling solo artists of all time. Elvis Presley, who was known early on as "The Hillbilly Cat" and was a regular on the radio program Louisiana Hayride, went on to become a defining figure in the emerging genre of rock 'n roll. Garth Brooks is one of the top-selling country artists of all time, and except for a short foray into non-country in the late 1990s, has remained in that genre.The term "country music" is used to describe many styles, genres, or subgenres.
Immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought instruments along with them for nearly 300 years. The Scottish and Irish fiddle styles, the German-derived dulcimer, the Italian mandolin, the Spanish guitar, and the African banjo were the most common instruments.Throughout the nineteenth century, several immigrant groups from Central Europe and the British Isles moved to Texas. These groups interacted with the Spanish, Mexican, Native American, and U.S. communities that were already established in Texas. As a result of this cohabitation and extended contact, Texas has developed unique cultural traits that are rooted in the culture of all of its founding communities. The settlers from the areas now known as Germany and the Czech Republic established large dance halls in Texas where farmers and townspeople from neighboring communities could gather, dance, and spend a night enjoying each other's company. The music at these halls, brought from Europe, included the waltz and the polka, played on an accordion, an instrument invented in Italy, which was loud enough to fill the entire dance hall.
During the 1930s and 1940s Cowboy songs, or "Western music", which had been recorded since the 1920s, were popularized by films made in Hollywood. Some of the popular singing cowboys from the era were, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Roy Rogers.Country musicians began playing boogie in 1939, shortly after it had been played at Carnegie Hall, when Johnny Barfield recorded "Boogie Woogie". The trickle of what was initially called Hillbilly Boogie, or Okie Boogie (later to be renamed Country Boogie), became a flood beginning around late 1945.
Beginning in the mid 50's, and reaching its peak during the early 1960s, the "Nashville Sound" turned country music into a multimillion-dollar industry centered on Nashville, Tennessee. Under the direction of producers such as Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley, and later Billy Sherrill, the "Nashville sound" brought country music to a diverse audience and helped revive country as it emerged from a commercially fallow period.
1956 could be called the year of rockabilly in country music. The number 2, 3, and 4 songs on Billboard's charts for that year are: Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel", Johnny Cash "I Walk the Line", and Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes".What is now most commonly referred to as rockabilly was most popular with country music fans in the 1950s, and was recorded and performed by country musicians. Within a few years many rockabilly musicians returned to a more mainstrean style, or had defined their own unique style.
Located 112 miles (180 km) north north west of Los Angeles, Bakersfield, California gave rise to one of the next genres of country music. The Bakersfield Sound grew out of hardcore honky tonk, adding elements of Western swing. One-time West Coast residents Bob Wills and Lefty Frizzell influenced the leading proponents of this sound. The Bakersfield Sound relied on electric instruments and amplification more than other subgenres of country, giving the music a hard, driving, edgy flavor.
Derived from the traditional and Honky tonk sounds of the late 50's and 60's, including Ray Price (whose band, the "Cherokee Cowboys", included Willie Nelson and Roger Miller) and mixed with the anger of an alienated subculture of the nation during the period, outlaw country revolutionized the genre of Country music.
The late 1960's in American music produced a unique blend as a result of traditionalist backlash within separate genres. In the aftermath of the British Invasion, many desired a return to the "old values" of Rock n' Roll. At the same time there was a lack of enthusiasm in the Country sector for Nashville-produced music. What resulted was a crossbred genre known as Country Rock.
Country Pop or soft pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to adult contemporary.Country pop found its first widespread acceptance during the 1970s. It started with Pop music singers, like Glen Campbell, John Denver, Olivia Newton-John, and Anne Murray having hits on the Country charts. Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" was among one of the biggest crossover hits in Country music history. These Pop-oriented singers thought that they could gain higher record sales and a larger audience if they crossed over into the Country world.In 1974 Olivia Newton-John, an Australian pop singer, won the "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" as well as the Country Music Association's most coveted award for females, "Female Vocalist of the Year". In the same year, a group of artists, troubled by this trend, formed the short-lived Association of Country Entertainers. The debate raged into 1975, and reached its apex at that year's Country Music Association Awards when reigning Entertainer of the Year, Charlie Rich (who himself had a series of crossover hits), presented the award to his successor, John Denver. As he read Denver's name, Rich set fire to the envelope with a cigarette lighter. The action was taken as a protest against the increasing pop style in country music.
The most infamous era in country music was in the early '80s. Influenced by both Country Rock and Country Pop, the Urban Cowboy movement led country music further away from its traditional roots. Country's move toward pop culture was popularized by John Travolta's Urban Cowboy and spurred on by Dolly Parton's movie 9 to 5. Some older artists from the 1960s and 1970s converted their sound to country pop or countrypolitan, such as Faron Young, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, and Ray Price.
After the dismal failure of the Urban Cowboy era, a generation of "new traditionalists" – George Strait, Ricky Skaggs, the Judds, Randy Travis, and Ricky Van Shelton – brought country out of its post-Urban Cowboy doldrums by reminding young audiences what made the music great in the first place.
In the mid 1990s country western music was influenced by the popularity of line dancing. This influence was so great that Chet Atkins was quoted as saying "The music has gotten pretty bad, I think. It's all that damn line dancing." By the end of the decade, however, at least one line dance choreographer complained that good country line dance music was no longer being released.In the 1990s a new form of country music emerged, called by some alternative country, neotraditional, or "insurgent country". Performed by generally younger musicians and inspired by traditional country performers and the country reactionaries, it shunned the Nashville-dominated sound of mainstream country.One infrequent, but consistent theme in country music is that of proud, stubborn independence. "Country Boy Can Survive" and "Copperhead Road" are two of the more serious songs along those lines; while "Some Girls Do" and "Redneck Woman" are more light-hearted variations on the theme.
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that was developed in Detroit, Michigan, during the mid to late 1980s. Many styles of techno now exist, but Detroit techno, a genre in its own right, is seen as the foundation upon which many other subgenres have been built.The initial take on techno arose from the melding of various African American styles such as Chicago house, funk, electro, and electric jazz with Eurocentric synthesizer-based music. Added to this was an interest in futuristic and fictional themes that were relevant to life in American late capitalist society: most particularly the novel Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. Techno music pioneer Juan Atkins cites Toffler's phrase "techno rebels" as inspiring him to use the word "techno" to describe the musical style he helped to create.Music journalists and fans of techno are generally selective in their use of the term; so a clear distinction can be made between sometimes related but often qualitatively different styles, such as tech house and trance. "Techno" is also sometimes confused with generalized descriptors, such as electronic music and dance music.
The template for a new style of dance music (that by the mid to late 1980's was being referred to as techno) was primarily developed by four individuals, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May (the so called "Belleville Three"), and Eddie Fowlkes, all of whom attended school together at Belleville High, near Detroit, Michigan.Of the four individuals responsible for establishing techno as a genre in its own right, it is Juan Atkins who is recognized as the originator; indeed in 1995 American music technology publication Keyboard Magazine honored Atkins as one of "12 Who Count" in the history of keyboard music (this is remarkable considering Detroit techno was still relatively unknown in the United States at that time despite its notoriety in Europe).
The original techno sound drew heavily from its funk and soul music roots to create characteristically intense grooves and percussive basslines. Early pioneers of the genre melded the beat-centric styles of their Motown predecessors with the music technology of the time. In merging the sensibilities of soul music, funk, house music, and electro, with a European synth-pop aesthetic, the early producers pushed dance music into previously unexplored territory. The resulting style came to exert an influence on widely differing genres of electronic music yet it also managed to maintain its identity as a genre in its own right; one which is commonly referred to as "Detroit techno". The sound was refined even further, and given added sophistication, with the addition of jazz tinged colors.
By the late 1980s and early 90s the original techno sound had garnered a large underground following in the UK, Belgium, and Germany, yet it was virtually ignored in the United States. Its popularity in Europe was largely due to the growth of the free party scene known as rave, something that was slower to take root in the US. As the original sound evolved it also diverged; to such an extent that a wide spectrum of stylistically distinct musics was being referred to as techno. This ranged from overtly pop oriented acts such as Moby to the distinctly anti-commercial sentiments of the appropriately named Underground Resistance.In the early 1990s, a number of notable techno producers in the UK and Europe built upon the Detroit sound but at this time an abundance of electronic dance music derivatives were emerging. Some drew heavily upon the Detroit aesthetic, while others fused components of preceding dance music forms. This lead to the appearance of what was often inventive new music, much of which bore little if any relation to the original techno sound; the initial jungle (drum and bass) excursions being primary examples.In contrast to the collectivist sentiment prominent in the early rave scene, each new faction had its own particular attitude and vision of how dance music (or in certain cases non-dance music) should evolve; some examples include ambient techno, trance, industrial techno, breakbeat hardcore, gabber, IDM, acid techno, happy hardcore, minimal techno, and electronica.
With Radiograbber, you can record music from many music genres to get your favourite music.
With Radiograbber, you can record every internet radio station all over the world!


text:
All Content | RSS | |
View all podcasts & RSS feeds |
Podcasts & RSS Feeds
Connect with Us
Most Active Stories
Now Playing
Michigan Voices
3:09 pm
Thu January 3, 2013
Fiat seeks to gain another stake in Chrysler from VEBA
Italian automaker Fiat, already Chrysler's majority owner, has announced plans to acquire another stake in the Detroit car company.
Fiat currently owns 58.57 percent of Chrysler. The rest is held by VEBA - the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association. The VEBA was given stock in Chrysler in lieu of cash payments to cover union retiree health care costs, which were shifted to the UAW in 2007.
Fiat says it intends to exercise an option for 3.3% of VEBA's stock, for $198 million.
The company previously stated an intent to exercise an option for 3.3% of the stock last year, but the VEBA disputed Fiat's valuation of the stock, and the dispute landed in court. The case hasn't been settled yet.
If Fiat is successful in acquiring both options, it will own 65.17% of Chrysler.


text:
Was $50.00 Now $45.99
Reviewed by 1 customer
Displaying review 1
Best Uses
Can dress this up or down, depending on where you're going... Very slimming and stylish! Only downside, can't wear a bra easily because the back shows it.. but other than that love this product!
Displaying review 1


text:
Bernese Mountain Dog
www.freewebs.com/bernesepups4sale GIRL B: Loves attention. Wants to be held. A really sweet girl. Beautiful, healthy, high quality AKC Bernese Mountain Dog puppy born into in a loving family environment! Our puppies are raised in our home, not in a kennel. We do not "raise" dogs for a living, we only own two dogs. We do not raise 5 different kinds of dogs like most others I have seen on line. Rider and Dyna are part of our family. They have produced fine qual
Tate / Bernese Mountain Dog
Need some sweetness??
Christmas Puppies!
Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy - Male - Oscar


text:
You can also contact us at email@example.com
Enjoy a narrated drive through Casablanca. Next take a guided walk through the Central Market and the Habous Quarter. Follow the narrow streets that lead to shaded squares and souks which offer a rich array of goods. View the Mahakma Law Courts' intricate mosaics which decorate its courtyard and ceilings carved from fragrant Atlas cedar.
Worry-free Shore Excursion:
We will ensure your excursion ends with ample time for you to return to port for your ship's departure. In the extremely unlikely event your ship has departed, we will arrange and pay for the related expenses to get you to the next port-of-call. If your ship is delayed and you are unable to attend this tour, your money will be refunded. See our terms and conditions for full details.
Approximate Duration:
Hours: 4
Activity Level:
41 = Low Exercise, 10 = High Exercise


text:
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: Montserrat is a British overseas territory and part of the British West Indies. The island rises in a series of mountainous slopes to a high point of over 3,000 feet at the Soufriere Volcano in the exclusion zone. Montserrat is a highly active volcanic island. The Government of Montserrat has issued several recent proclamations and warnings urging residents and visitors to be vigilant and to be prepared to move at short notice. It last erupted in January 2009, requiring the large-scale evacuation of residents. Since that evacuation, residents have returned to their homes. On October 4, 2009, a series of eruptions began, but no one has been required to evacuate as of yet. Read the Department of State Fact Sheet on the United Kingdom for additional information.
SMART TRAVELER ENROLLMENT PROGRAM (STEP) / EMBASSY LOCATION: If you are going to live in or visit Montserrat, please take the time to tell our Embassy about your trip. If you enroll in our Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), we can keep you up to date with important safety and security announcements. It will also help your friends and family get in touch with you in an emergency. By Downloading our free Smart Traveler app, available through the iTunes store and the Google Play store, you will have our latest travel information at your fingertips.
Local embassy information is available below and at the Department of State's list of embassies and consulates.
U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown
Wildey Business park
St. Michael, Barbados
Telephone: (246) 227-4399
Emergency after-hours telephone: (246) 227-4000
Facsimile: (246) 431-0179
Email: email@example.com
Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Barbadian and U.S. holidays.
ENTRY/EXIT REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S. CITIZENS: All U.S. citizens traveling outside of the United States are required to present a passport or other valid travel document to re-enter the United States. This requirement was extended to all sea travel (except closed-loop cruises), including ferry service on June 1, 2009. Travelers must now present a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) compliant document, such as a passport or passport card, for entry into the United States. While passport cards and enhanced driver's licenses are sufficient for entry into the United States, they may not be accepted by the particular country you plan to visit; please be sure to check with your cruise line and countries of destination for any foreign entry requirements.
NOTE: Be aware that Caribbean cruises that begin and end in the U.S. (closed loop cruises) do not require that you travel with a valid passport. However, should you need to disembark due to an emergency and you do not have a valid passport, you may encounter difficulties entering or remaining in a foreign country. You may also have difficulty attempting to re-enter the United States by air because many airlines will require a valid passport before allowing you to board the aircraft. As such, we strongly recommend that you always travel abroad with your valid passport.
In addition to a valid passport or passport card, U.S. citizens need onward or return tickets, and proof of sufficient funds to cover their entire stay in Montserrat. A departure tax is charged at the airport or ferry dock when leaving. For further information, travelers may contact the British Embassy, 19 Observatory Circle NW, Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 588-7800; or the nearest consulate of the United Kingdom in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Denver, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Seattle or San Francisco. Visit the British Embassy web site for the most current visa information.
Information about dual nationality or the prevention of international child abduction can be found on our website. For further information about customs regulations, please read our Customs Information sheet.
HIV/AIDS RESTRICTIONS: Some HIV/AIDS entry restrictions exist for visitors to and foreign residents of Montserrat. Anyone who does not appear to be in good health may be required to undergo a medical exam (including HIV test) prior to being granted or denied entry. Please verify this information with the Embassy of the United Kingdom before you travel.
THREATS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY: Visit the U.S. Embassy site for up-to-date messages for U.S. citizens.
Stay up to date by:
CRIME: While Montserrat's crime rate is relatively low, both petty and violent crimes do occur. Take common-sense precautions to ensure your personal security, such as avoiding carrying large amounts of cash or displaying expensive jewelry. You should not leave valuables unattended in hotel rooms or on the beach. Use hotel safety deposit facilities to safeguard all valuables and travel documents. Similarly, keep your lodgings locked at all times, whether you are present or away, and do not leave valuables in vehicles, even when locked.
Take some time before you travel to learn how to improve your personal security—things are not the same everywhere as they are in the United States. Here are some useful tips for personal security.
Don't buy counterfeit and pirated goods, even if they are widely available. Not only are the bootlegs illegal to bring back into the United States, if you purchase them you may also be breaking local law.
VICTIMS OF CRIME: If you or someone you know becomes the victim of a crime abroad, you should contact the local police and the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. We can:
The local equivalent to the "911" emergency line in Montserrat is: 911 for an ambulance and 999 for the police.
Please see our information on victims of crime, including possible victim compensation programs in the United States.
CRIMINAL PENALTIES: While you are traveling in Montserrat, you are subject to its laws even if you are a U.S. citizen. Foreign laws and legal systems can be vastly different than our own. In some places you may be taken in for questioning if you don't have your passport with you. In some places driving under the influence could land you immediately in jail. These criminal penalties will vary from country to country. There are also some things that might be legal in the country you visit, but still illegal in the United States, and you can be prosecuted under U.S. law if you buy pirated goods. Engaging in sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country is a crime prosecutable in the United States. If you break local laws in Montserrat, your U.S. passport won't help you avoid arrest or prosecution. It's very important to know what's legal and what's not where you are going.
IF ARRESTED: If you are arrested in Montserrat, authorities of Montserrat are required to notify the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate of your arrest. If you are concerned the Department of State may not be aware of your situation, you should request the police or prison officials to notify the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate of your arrest.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: Since 1995, ongoing volcanic activity on the south of the island has led to the evacuation and relocation of residents of the so called 'exclusion zone'. Additional evacuations may occur when volcanic activity increases. Because the volcano is still active and dangerous, access to the southern part of the island is restricted. Persons entering restricted areas without authorization are subject to fine and/or imprisonment.
Access to all areas on the southern flanks of the Belham Valley east of the Belham Bridge and areas south remains prohibited, as is south of Jack Boy Hill to Bramble Airport and beyond.
When in Montserrat, citizens are advised to monitor Radio Montserrat (Radio ZJB) for the latest official guidance.
In addition to the hazards posed by the Soufriere Hills Volcano as outlined above, Montserrat can be affected by hurricanes. The hurricane season normally runs from June to the end of November, but there have been hurricanes in December in recent years. General information about natural disaster preparedness is available via the Internet from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); information about the Atlantic hurricane season is available from the National Hurricane Center.
The official Montserrat Volcano Observatory website is helpful for updates on volcanic activity. Updates on volcano activity can also be found on the website of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.
For customs information please see our Customs Information sheet.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender travelers should review the LGBT Travel Information page.
Accessibility: While in Montserrat, individuals with disabilities may find accessibility and accommodation very different from what you find in the United States. Access to buildings, pedestrian paths and transportation is extremely difficult for people with disabilities. Sidewalks (if they exist) are very uneven and will only occasionally have ramps at intersections. Pedestrian crossings are also very infrequent. In general, restaurants, hotels and residential buildings have stairs at the entrance without wheelchair ramps (except perhaps major hotels and retail areas). Buses and taxis do not have special accommodations for disabled persons.
MEDICAL FACILITIES AND HEALTH INFORMATION: St. John's Hospital (telephone (664) 491-2843), Montserrat's main hospital, can handle most routine and surgical emergencies. However, there is no hyperbaric chamber in Montserrat. Doctors in private practice are also available. There is now a charter company based in Montserrat, outfitted with stretchers and other equipment that can quickly transfer emergency medical cases to Antigua, Guadeloupe, or Puerto Rico.
You can find information on vaccinations and other health precautions on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. For information about outbreaks of infectious diseases abroad, consult the World Health Organization (WHO) website, which also contains additional health information for travelers, including detailed country-specific health information.
MEDICAL INSURANCE: You can't assume your insurance will go with you when you travel. It's very important to find out BEFORE you leave whether or not your medical insurance will cover you overseas. You need to ask your insurance company two questions:
In many places, doctors and hospitals still expect payment in cash at the time of service. Your regular U.S. health insurance may not cover doctors' and hospital visits in other countries. If your policy doesn't go with you when you travel, it's a very good idea to take out another one for your trip. For more information, please see our medical insurance overseas page.
TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ROAD CONDITIONS: While in a foreign country, U.S. citizens may encounter road conditions that differ significantly from those in the United States. The information below concerning Montserrat is provided for general reference only, and may not be totally accurate in a particular location or circumstance.
In Montserrat, vehicles are operated on the left-hand (British) side of the road. There is no organized government roadside assistance, but local residents are often willing to aid those with car trouble. Roads are narrow, winding and steep. For specific information concerning Montserrat driving permits, vehicle inspection, road tax and mandatory insurance, please contact the Montserrat Tourist Board in Montserrat at tel. 1 (664) 491-2230 or 491-8730. You can visit the web site for the Tourist Board, for additional information.
Visit the website of the Montserrat's national tourist office and national authority responsible for local road safety information.
For general information on road safety, please refer to our Road Safety travel section.
For more information on travel within Montserrat please visit Montserrat's national tourist office.
AVIATION SAFETY OVERSIGHT: Civil aviation operations in Monserrat fall under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has assessed the UK's Civil Aviation Authority as being in compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) aviation safety standards for oversight of the United Kingdom's air carrier operations. Further information may be found on the FAA's safety assessment page.
CHILDREN'S ISSUES: Please see our Office of Children's Issues web pages on intercountry adoption and international parental child abduction.
* * *
This replaces the Country Specific Information for Montserrat dated November 16 2009 without substantive changes.


text:
I'm currently on 100mg a week of test cyp for TRT purposes. I'm wanting to bump that up with some stocked up 200mg/ ml vials I have and do a 10-12 week 400mg cycle.
I did a 8 week cycle of Alpha Mass late last year and didn't really see much from it. I may have slimmed down a bit in the waste line, but that's the extent of it. So, wanting to bump it up a notch.
Goal for the cycle is going to be 10-15 pounds of lean mass.
Diet is all mainly fresh, organic or all natural grains, oats, etc with cuts of lean meat and plenty of fruits, veggies, Greek yogurt, etc. I do allow one chest day per week. I've never been one to count calories. Never really seemed to need to do so. I can adjust things here and there and generally just eat what I feel I need. I know most wouldn't agree with this, but I've never had a problem putting on weight, or loosing it, by making minor changes here and there.
Training will be 3 full body workouts per week. Been doing this now for 3 weeks and loving it.
Sets and rep schemes for the week will be as follows:
Day 1-3x 3-6
Flat Bench
Row variation
Military press
Biceps exercise
Tricep exercise
Day 2-3x 6-8
Rear delt/ upper trap work
Calve exercise
Core exercise
Day 3-3x 8-12
Incline bench
Row variation
Shoulder flies
Leg press
Bicep exercise
Tricep exercise
I'm debating on whether or not to use an AI right out of the gate. Was leaning towards using Aromasin 12.5mg EOD. This is where I'm really hoping to get some feedback and input. I'm prone to bloat, acne, itchy nips, etc on TRT. When this happens I use erase and it definitely takes care of it.
What are various recommendations on the AI? Anyone have feedback on erase and higher disses of test?


text:
Product Specs
Display size:
7"Display resolution
800 x 480Brightness
350 cd/m2Contrast ratio
USB 2.0Dimensions
When folded: 7" x 5.25" x 1" (thickness), When open: 7" x 4.5" (tall) x 5.25" (base)Features
Monitor Pivots 90 degrees
Integrated Stand and Cover
Ultra-portable, weighs less than 1 pound
CE FCC RoHS- Drivers for Windows XP, Vista, Vista 64-bit included
Drivers for Mac OS X NOT included in box, please download them from our support page. We recommend downloading the latest drivers from DisplayLink regardless of your platform for best performance.
Please check our support page for more info on Mac OS X support - A second USB connection is included for systems that do not meet power requirements.
© 2013 Mimo Monitors | All Rights Reserved | All prices are in USD


text:
Change currency:
Other country sites
Your Recent Searches
Your bag is empty
Free Shipping up to 7 days service
Enter promo code FREAKINWEEKEND
*Want to check your latest delivery options? Click here for live updates. For 20% off enter promo code FREAKINWEEKEND at checkout. Offer ends at 7pm AEDST on Monday, 9th December 2013. Valid on one order per customer up to a maximum of AUD $900 (pre-discount). Certain brands will not be available during the promotion period including Superdry UK, Whistles, Pull & Bear and Primark. This promo code cannot be used in conjunction with any other promo code or gift voucher. Costs relating to delivery services, including subscription to ASOS Premier, will be charged at the full rate as normal. Valid for deliveries to Australia and New Zealand only. For full promotion terms and conditions click here.
Keep it well-heeled with our ASOS collection of heeled shoes and platforms. This season's hottest picks include two-part heels, as well as mega-high platforms and chunky heels from our High Street favourites New Look and ALDO. Working girls perfect day to evening chic with our edit of mid-height heels, pointed court shoes and cut-away wedges.
Refine By
Price Range
Looks like you're in the US?
Visit your localized US site and shop in $USD & US sizing:


text:
J Brand
J Brand takes the skinny movement straight to the guy...finally. The absolutely clean finish and sophisticated styles fit just about any guy's uncomplicated taste.
- Wash - Faded Turf
- 10" Inseam
- 34" Rise
- 100% cotton
- 16" in the knee narrows to 14" at the leg opening
- Styled with Common Projects Rec in Nubuck in Olive Grey.
- Modeled in size 32. See fit guide for model's dimensions.
- Revolve Style No. JBRA-MJ52
- Manufacturer Style No. 140239TYLER


text:
Axion Heritage
SKU: #7818186Product Information
- Drop in with style and comfort with the Axion™ Heritage.
- Uppers made from suede material.
- Mesh on tongue for increased breathability.
- Padded tongue and collar for additional comfort and support.
- Fabric lining helps wick away moisture.
- Cushioned footbed for long-lasting comfort.
- Durable rubber outsole provides traction and grip.
- Measurements:
- Weight: 1 lb 1 oz
- Product measurements were taken using size 10.5, width D - Medium. Please note that measurements may vary by size.


text:
I am a former Kamloops resident now living in Victoria. I am pursuing my master's degree in dispute resolution from UVIC, and one of my recent assignments was situating myself and my values within a conflict represented in the media.
Of course, I thought of the Kamloops Daily News site, which in my opinion has become almost a farce due to the seemingly unfettered remarks of certain "serial commentators."
I chose to write about the recent controversy over the use of the Juniper Beach provincial park campsite by the Bonaparte band. Although I was not able to go into the depth I wish I could have in regards to the commentary due to word count constraints, I thought you might like to have a look.
For the record, although I support the right to free speech, I am often disappointed (and, in the case of the overtly racist rhetoric ariund Juniper Beach, disgusted) by the adversarial and often ignorant nature of responses from these serial commentators.
On the weekend of Sept. 21 to 23, Juniper Beach provincial park campground was closed for a First Nations ceremony organized to commemorate the repatriation of remains found at a nearby development. Notice was given more than a week in advance, both by park staff and on the B.C. Parks website, and free accommodation at nearby sites was offered to displaced campers.
However, several parties of campers, primarily seniors, protested the closure according to the "first-come, first-serve" standard of the campground and refused to vacate the site.
The conflict continued in the media and in particular on the Kamloops Daily News website, where many commentators expressed support for the campers' actions and voiced rigid, discriminatory opinions on First Nations issues. However, I categorically believe it was within the right of the Bonaparte band to close the campsite for the ceremony.
I see the Juniper Beach conflict as a microcosm of a larger and long-standing issue, which unfortunately too often degenerates into an us-versus-them argument peppered with misinformation and intolerance.
I believe people are motivated by self-interest and influenced by the emphasis on individualism and competition in western culture. This is complicated by the assumption that Canadian society is based on equality, that each person has agency and equal opportunity to succeed and therefore should be treated equally in terms of rights.
This viewpoint is problematic because it denies the historic power imbalances I have explored in my undergraduate degree in history, in my current master's program in dispute resolution, and in my experience working with First Nations.
Here, the online commentators ignore these subtleties and use the language of fairness as a justification for racist rhetoric. They perceive that First Nations are receiving something special by virtue of their ethnicity, and many speak to the idea that First Nations get preferential treatment and take from the Canadian people and government without giving back.
The commentators denigrate First Nations people as non-contributors to society, defined in western terms. They overlook the deep wounds caused by the colonizer's systematic destruction of First Nations culture. Working closely with my First Nations colleagues, I witnessed the significance placed on community events such as the repatriation ceremony.
I am sure that many if not most of those involved in the Juniper Beach ceremony either attended the Kamloops residential school or were affected by its legacy.
I believe the people of Kamloops are still implicated in the injury of First Nations communities. If it helps to heal these wounds, the Bonaparte band must not be denied the right to use their traditional territory.


text:
The Everson Museum of Art seeks to inspire, educate and enrich, integrating art into people's lives through direct encounters with its collections and exhibitions. It is internationally recognized for its extensive and significant collection of ceramics, pioneering art video collection and distinctive structural design by the noted architect I.M. Pei.
Become an important part of the Central New York arts community. The Everson offers many exclusive benefits to its members. more


text:
- ADRA - Financial Statement Analysis
All financial statement analysis reports for your requested company can be accessed below. The SIC # column is the SIC Code for the industry under which the current company is analyzed. When a report is purchased the SIC Code indicated is the industry that the company displayed will be compared against. If a different industry is desired for comparison, purchase of a separate industry analysis is suggested.
In addition to the ratio analysis reports, the latest business news headlines involving your company or industry sector are hyperlinked for your convenience along with the stock ticker for the company displayed.
Financial statement analysis updated: December 8, 2013
Sorry, there aren't any companies.
Ticker | Exchange | SIC # | Website | Latest Ticker |
Select one of the five (5) financial statement analysis reports below to view the ratio analysis report for your selected company: |
Latest Headlines for
A Wake-Up Call For Asia - Sep 20th, 2013 3:10 pm
S&P's Favorite Asia-Pacific ETFs - Aug 15th, 2013 11:36 am
Opportunity Beckons With Asia-Pacific ETFs - Aug 15th, 2013 10:50 am
10 Investment Themes For Mid-2013 - Jun 20th, 2013 5:36 am
Tuesday's ETF Movers: ADRA, TGEM - Jun 4th, 2013 10:38 am
Inclusive And Sustained Growth In Asia: The Role Of Fiscal Policy - May 8th, 2013 2:31 pm
Invesco PowerShares Provides Estimated Long-Term Capital Gains Information for 2012 - Dec 18th, 2012 9:55 am
View All Current Headlines >> |


text:
al Duomo B&B
al Duomo B&B is in the city centre, few meters from piazza Castello and all the point of interest the city offers: the Royal Palast, the Egyptian Museum, Palazzo Madama, the Cathedral, the Museum of Cinema etc. It is also very close to the Turin's 'Latin Quarter'. The rooms are spacious living rooms with sleeping area on a mezzanine, for single persons or a couple, with bathroom and toilet which are for the guest's exclusive use. The bathroom (bathtub / shower, washbasin and bidet) and the toilet (with washbasin and a shower/bidet) are separate. The breakfast, with home made marmalade, jams and first rate teas (but also coffee and milk and honey) can be served or self prepared. The room has a balcony (with roses and plants), TV and telephone (with the possibility of calling for free in Italy). A connection to internet is available. Musicians and performers are welcome - there is a piano in the guesthouse that might be used upon request. The apartment is at the second floor (without lift). Please note: Check In: 12.00 pm (please advise the property) Check Out: 11.00 am Cancellation Policy: 3 days Credit Cards not accepted Breakfast included |
Availability & Rates
To view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'B&B Facilities & Policies
- Board Games
- Book exchange
- Breakfast Included
- Cable TV
- DVDs
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Hair Dryers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Lounge
- Meals Available
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels Included
Cancellation Policy
This property has a 3 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.Must-Read Guesthouse Info
This property has specific Terms & Conditions.Please note:
Check In: 12.00 pm (please advise the property)
Check Out: 11.00 am
Cancellation Policy: 3 days
Credit Cards not accepted
Breakfast included
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
al Duomo B&B is 15-20 minutes walk from the two Turin railway stations, Porta Nuova and Porta Susa; from Porta Nuova take via XX Settembre opposite the station on the left, when you reach Duomo (the Cathedral) you turn left, meet a small triangular square with trees, in the house at the last right corner you find La Piazzetta. From railway station Porta Susa take via Cernaia, go straight until you find on your left the small via dei Mercanti, you turn left and you will end in a small triangular square with trees; in the house in front of you you find al Duomo B&B. Public transport are 4, 12 and 27 from Porta Nuova and 51 (only on working days) from Porta Susa. All of them have a stop at Duomo; turning your back at Duomo you cross via XX Settembre and reach the small triangular square with trees, and the b&b is in the last house on the right side.
The bus from Torino Caselle Airport has a stop at Porta Susa and at Porta Nuova. The taxi fair is 30 euro (to be agreed upon before the ride).
Located Near
The B&B is between the Cathedral and the Porta Palazzo markt, said to be the Europe biggest, famous for its colourful vibe and great bars/restaurants. The main bus stops are a few meters from the house, to reach La Venaria and Contemporary Art Museum in Rivoli too.


text:
The GMAT At a Glance
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is probably unlike any test you've ever taken in your academic career. The GMAT is a computer-adaptive test designed to provide a common yardstick by which business school admissions committees can measure applicants and their ability to succeed in their M.B.A. programs.
The test consists of three sections and is scored on a range between 200 and 800.
Section | Time | Format |
Analytical Writing Assessment | 60 min | Two 30-min essays |
Quantitative | 75 min | 37 questions |
Verbal | 75 min | 41 questions |


text:
Sir David Wright
Degree in History, Peterhouse, Cambridge. Formerly: experience in UK Diplomatic Service, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, London; Private Secretary to UK Cabinet Secretary, Prince of Wales; 1990-94, British Ambassador in Korea; 1996-99, British Ambassador in Japan; 1999-2002, Chief Executive, British Trade International. With Barclays: 2003-11, Vice-Chairman, Barclays Capital; since June 2011, Vice-Chairman; Senior Relationship Adviser, UK and Asia-Pacific Region. Chairman, UK-Korea Forum. Honorary Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge. Honorary LLD, universities of Wolverhampton and Birmingham. Recipient of awards: KCMG (1996); GCMG (2002).


text:
Like Us for Your Chance to Win a Digital Air Gauge!
Intercomp Racing is giving away a digital air pressure gauge (a value of $29999) to one lucky Facebook fan!
All you have to do is "Like" the Intercomp Racing Facebook Page and enter to win through the "promos" tab. The winner will be announced January, 2014.
Offer Ends 12/31/13
Worldwide Support Intercomp offers worldwide support with ISO 9001:2008 Registered facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom to service our worldwide customer base, we are positioned to provide the products and services that your company requires. See for yourself how Intercomp provides advanced weighing technology…by any measure.