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Naruto Original Soundtrack | theme

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

The Naruto Original Soundtrack (NARUTO-ナルト-オリジナルサウンドトラック), Naruto OST 1, or simply Naruto OST is the first soundtrack of the music heard in the Shounen Anime and Manga series Naruto up to season 2 (the rest is in Naruto OST II). Most of it contains scores and suites by the series composer Toshio Masuda. The Opening Theme (R*O*C*K*S) is by Hound Dog, and the Ending Theme (Wind) is by Akeboshi.


Track Listing

  1. R★O★C★K★S
  2. オレがナルトだってばよ!
    Ore wa Naruto Dattebayo!/I Said I’m Naruto!
  3. 九尾の妖狐
    Kyūbi no Yōko/Nine Tail Demon Fox
  4. 朝
    Asa/Morning
  5. ナルトの日常
    Naruto no Nichijyō/Daily Life of Naruto
  6. 緊張
    Kinchō/Nervous
  7. 沸き上がる闘志
    Wakiagaru Tōshi/The Raising Fighting Spirit
  8. 哀と悲
    Ai to Hi/Sadness and Sorrow
  9. 孤独
    Kodoku/Loneliness
  10. サクラのテーマ
    Sakura no Theme/Theme of Sakura
  11. カカシのテーマ
    Kakashi no Theme/Theme of Kakashi
  12. お色気
    Oiroke/Sexy
  13. 行け行けナルト
    Ikeike Naruto!/Go Go Naruto!
  14. 夕暮れ
    Yūgure/Evening
  15. 膠着状態
    Kōchaku Jyōtai/Glued State
  16. 強にして重
    Kyōni Shite Jyu/Need to be Strong
  17. 劣勢
    Ressei/Bad Situation
  18. 激と撃
    Gekito Geki/Strong and Strike
  19. 逆転
    Gyakuten/Turn Over
  20. 勝利
    Shōri/Victory
  21. Naruto Main Theme
  22. Wind


See also

List of Naruto Soundtracks

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Halil Mete Soner | Twas’

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Halil Mete Soner is a Turkish mathematician. He was born in Ankara to an officer family.

After graduating from the Ankara Science High School (Ankara Fen Lisesi), he started his university education at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, later transferred to Boğaziçi University, Istanbul in 1977. He received a B.Sc. in mathematics and another in electrical engineering simultaneously in 1981, both in first-rank. Soner then attended Brown University in Providence, RI, U.S. on a research fellowship, where he obtained his M.Sc. (1983) and Ph.D. (1986) in applied mathematics.

In 1985, Soner was research associate at the Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences in Minneapolis, MN and, assistant professor and then professor between 1986-1998 in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. During 1997-1998 he was Research Associate at the Feza Gursey Institute for Basic Sciences in Istanbul and visiting professor of Mathematics at the Boğaziçi University, Istanbul and the University of Paris, Paris, France. From 1998 for two years, Soner was “Paul M. Whythes `55” Professor of Finance and Engineering in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University.

He is currently the Isik Inselbag Professor of Finance in Sabanci University.

Soner co-authored a book, with Wendell Fleming, on viscosity solutions and stochastic control; Controlled Markov Processes and Viscosity Solutions (Springer-Verlag) in 1993, which was listed among the most-cited articles on computer science by Thomson Science in 2004. He authored or co-authored papers on nonlinear partial differential equations, viscosity solutions, stochastic optimal control and mathematical finance.

He is elected to the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA), in December 2001, and received the TÜBITAK-TWAS Science award in 2002.

Soner’s current research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations; asymptotic analysis of Ginzburg-Landau type systems, viscosity solutions, and mathematical finance.

He is married to Serpil. They have a son Mehmet Ali.


External links

  • His homepage

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Wonka Donutz | Chocolate

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Wonka Donutz are candies sold by Nestlé under their Willy Wonka Candy Company brand. They are donut-shaped pieces of chocolate covered in more chocolate and tiny round sprinkles.

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Christmas is all in the Heart | Christmas

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Christmas is all in the Heart is a 2003 album by Steven Curtis Chapman.


Tracks

  1. Silver Bells
  2. Winter Wonderland
  3. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
  4. Go Tell it on the Mountain
  5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  6. O Little Town of Bethlehem
  7. O Come All Ye Faithful
  8. This Baby
  9. O Come O Come Emmanuel
  10. Home for Christmas
  11. Silent Night Medley

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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry | Rare Masters To Be

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry is a Chuck Berry compilation album which was released in 1999 under record label MCA.


Track listing

  1. “Maybellene” – 2:21
  2. “Roll Over Beethoven” – 2:24
  3. “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” – 2:18
  4. “School Day” – 2:42
  5. “Rock And Roll Music” – 2:33
  6. “Sweet Little Sixteen” – 3:02
  7. “Johnny B. Goode” – 2:41
  8. “Carol” – 2:49
  9. “You Never Can Tell” – 2:43
  10. “My Ding-A-Ling (Single Edit, Live)” – 4:18
  11. “No Particular Place To Go” – 2:42


Personnel

  • Chuck Berry - Guitar, Vocals

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The One with All the Thanksgivings | the Thanksgiving

Friday, December 21st, 2007

“The One with All the Thanksgivings” (also known as “The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks“) is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the American television situation comedy Friends, which first aired on NBC on November 19, 1998.<ref name=”friends like us”></ref> The plot sees the main characters recalling Thanksgivings from when they were younger.

The episode was directed by Kevin S. Bright, written by Gregory S. Malins and guest-stars Elliott Gould and Christina Pickles as Jack and Judy Geller, with a cameo appearance by Morgan Fairchild as Nora Tyler Bing.<ref name=”friends like us”/> It frequently ranks high in polls to determine the best episode of the series.

Contents


Plot

Ross’s (David Schwimmer) complaint that his divorce and eviction means he his having the worst Thanksgiving ever prompts the others to tell their stories of bad holidays gone by. Chandler (Matthew Perry) reminds everyone of the Thanksgiving where his parents told him they were getting a divorce. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) then tells of a worse one from a past life, though Ross disqualifies her story, limiting the tales to present lives. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) says she knows Monica’s (Courteney Cox) worst Thanksgiving, but Phoebe interrupts with a story about the Thanksgiving when Joey (Matt LeBlanc) got a turkey stuck on his head. Monica then proceeds to tell her worst Thanksgiving, even after warning Chandler that he won’t want to hear the story. In 1987, Ross brings Chandler home for Thanksgiving where Monica, who is overweight, overhears the latter call her fat.

Back in the present, Chandler says he does not remember calling her fat. The flashbacks continue to 1988; Ross and Chandler arrive for dinner to find Monica has slimmed down. Monica tells Rachel that she wants to humiliate Chandler for calling her fat, so Rachel suggests tricking him into taking off his clothes. Monica tries to seduce Chandler by rubbing various objects, including a knife, against her skin. She drops the knife and severs his toe. He is rushed to hospital to have it reattached but, in the commotion, Monica mixed up the digit with a carrot. In the present, Chandler becomes upset after learning that he had lost his toe because he called Monica fat, and angrily leaves. When Monica comes by his apartment seeking his forgivness by putting a turkey on her head, he inadvertently tells her he loves her for the first time in their relationship. A tag scene shows another of Phoebe’s past life memories as she serves in a first world war field hospital.<ref name=”friends like us”/>


Reception

Entertainment Weekly rates the episode “B+”, calling the “pre-nose job” Rachel and “Fat Monica” great sight gags and citing Joey’s line “It’s not so much an underpant as it is a feat of engineering” (in reference to a thong) as the best of the episode.<ref></ref> The authors of Friends Like Us: The Unofficial Guide to Friends write “This unusual episode is one of the series’ best ever, with the non-stop comedy roller-coaster suddenly throwing a brilliant surprise ending at you”.<ref name=”friends like us”/>

Debra McGuire was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series, while the mixers were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special.<ref></ref> The popularity of this episode saw it included on one of the first region 1 “best of” DVD releases.<ref></ref>


References


External links

  • “The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks” at the Internet Movie Database

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Christmas Island (album) | Christmas

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Christmas Island is Jimmy Buffett’s 1996 collection of Christmas-themed music. It features covers of popular Christmas songs in Buffett’s musical stylings as well as two tracks which Buffett wrote for the album.


Track listing

  1. Christmas Island
  2. Jingle Bells
  3. A Sailor’s Christmas - written by Buffett
  4. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  5. Up On The House Top
  6. Mele Kalikimaka
  7. Run Run Rudolph
  8. Ho Ho Ho & A Bottle Of Rum
  9. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
  10. Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far From Home) - written by Matt Betton.

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Fatherland Party | Party Rare Masters

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Fatherland Party is the name of several current or former political parties:

  • Afghanistan - Watan Party (i.e. Fatherland Party), the modern incarnation of the Parcham faction of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
  • German Empire - Fatherland Party (Vaterlandspartei, 1917-18)
  • Kazakhstan - Fatherland Party
  • Norway - Fatherland Party
  • Russia - Fatherland - All Russia (two-party bloc)
  • Ukraine - Fatherland Party


See also

  • Motherland Party
  • Fatherland Union
  • List of generic names of political parties.

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Paperdoll (PM Dawn) | Cookies and Hot

Monday, December 17th, 2007

“Paper Doll” is a popular song by PM Dawn.


Billboard

Hot 100 peaked at 28 in 1992

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks peaked at 35 in 1992

Hot Dance Music/Club Play peaked at 37 in 1992

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Maftir | reading

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Maftir (Hebrew: מפטיר, “conclusion,”) informally refers to the final section of the weekly reading of a Torah portion (parsha) from a Torah scroll on Shabbat and holiday mornings. Technically, the term refers to the person who is called to read that section. The maftir section is usually a repetition either of the last part or the entirety of the previous reading, except on Jewish holidays and special Shabbatot: on these occasions, the maftir portion is drawn from other parts of the Torah, and the reader then chants the haftarah portion from a related section of the Nevi’im.


See also

  • Haftarah
  • Torah reading
  • Liturgical Use: The Haftarah

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On Your Side | bonus track on

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

On Your Side is Magnet’s second album, first released in Norway in June 2003. It contains a cover of Bob Dylan’s Lay Lady Lay featuring Gemma Hayes.


Track listing

  1. “Everything’s Perfect” – 3:58
  2. “Last Day of Summer” – 4:41
  3. “Where Happiness Lives” – 3:36
  4. “On Your Side” – 5:26
  5. “The Day We Left Town” – 3:59
  6. “Nothing Hurts Now” – 3:47
  7. “Lay Lady Lay” - featuring Gemma Hayes – 4:38
  8. “Overjoyed” – 4:30
  9. “I’ll Come Along” – 4:23
  10. “My Darling Curse” – 4:32
  11. “Smile To The World” – 6:03
  12. “Chasing Dreams” (US Bonus Track) - 4:22
  13. “Wish Me Well” (US Bonus Track) - 3:09
  14. “Little Miss More Or Less” (US Bonus Track) - 3:49


Singles

  • “Where Happiness Lives” on the Where Happiness Lives EP (June 3, 2002)
  • “Chasing Dreams” on the Chasing Dreams EP (September 23, 2002)
  • “The Day We Left Town” on The Day We Left Town EP (April 21, 2003)
  • “Last Day of Summer” (November 24, 2003)
  • “Lay Lady Lay” (March 22, 2004)

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Gecarcoidea | Christmas

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Gecarcoidea is genus of terrestrial crabs. It includes the two species G. lalandii and G. natalis, the Christmas Island red crab.

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List of Federalist Papers | Continued and The Best

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

This is a list of the 85 Federalist Papers, which were key documents in the early political history of the United States. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote the articles, which were published in 1788.

The colors used to highlight the rows correspond to the author of the paper.

Essay Number Date Title Author
1 October 27, 1787 General Introduction Alexander Hamilton
2 October 31, 1787 Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence John Jay
3 November 3, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence John Jay
4 November 7, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence John Jay
5 November 10, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence John Jay
6 November 14, 1787 Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States Alexander Hamilton
7 November 15, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States Alexander Hamilton
8 November 20, 1787 The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States Alexander Hamilton
9 November 21, 1787 The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection Alexander Hamilton
10 November 22, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection James Madison
11 November 24, 1787 The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy Alexander Hamilton
12 November 27, 1787 The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue Alexander Hamilton
13 November 28, 1787 Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government Alexander Hamilton
14 November 30, 1787 Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered James Madison
15 December 1, 1787 The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union Alexander Hamilton
16 December 4, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union Alexander Hamilton
17 December 5, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union Alexander Hamilton
18 December 7, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union James Madison<ref name=”three”>Nos. 18, 19, 20 are frequently indicated as being jointly written by Hamilton and Madison. However, Adair concurs with previous historians that these are Madison’s writing alone: “Madison had certainly written all of the essays himself, including in revised form only a small amount of pertinent information submitted by Hamilton from his rather sketchy research on the same subject.” Adair, 63.</ref>
19 December 8, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union James Madison<ref name=”three”/>
20 December 11, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union James Madison<ref name=”three”/>
21 December 12, 1787 Other Defects of the Present Confederation Alexander Hamilton
22 December 14, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: Other Defects of the Present Confederation Alexander Hamilton
23 December 18, 1787 The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union Alexander Hamilton
24 December 19, 1787 The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered Alexander Hamilton
25 December 21, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered Alexander Hamilton
26 December 22, 1787 The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered Alexander Hamilton
27 December 25, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered Alexander Hamilton
28 December 26, 1787 The Same Subject Continued: The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered Alexander Hamilton
29 January 9, 1788 Concerning the Militia Alexander Hamilton
30 December 28, 1787 Concerning the General Power of Taxation Alexander Hamilton
31 January 1, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation Alexander Hamilton
32 January 2, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation Alexander Hamilton
33 January 2, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation Alexander Hamilton
34 January 5, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation Alexander Hamilton
35 January 5, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation Alexander Hamilton
36 January 8, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation Alexander Hamilton
37 January 11, 1788 Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government James Madison
38 January 12, 1788 The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed James Madison
39 The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles James Madison
40 January 18, 1788 The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained James Madison
41 January 19, 1788 General View of the Powers Conferred by the Constitution James Madison
42 January 22, 1788 The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered James Madison
43 January 23, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered James Madison
44 January 25, 1788 Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States James Madison
45 January 26, 1788 The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered James Madison
46 January 29, 1788 The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared James Madison
47 January 30, 1788 The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts James Madison
48 February 1, 1788 These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other James Madison
49 February 2, 1788 Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government James Madison<ref name=”dispute”>One of twelve “disputed papers” to which both Madison and Hamilton laid claim. Modern scholarly consensus leans towards Madison as the author of all twelve, and he is so credited in this table. See Federalist Papers#Disputed essays. See Adair, 93: “The disputed numbers of The Federalist claimed by both Hamilton and Madison are Numbers 49 through 58 and Numbers 62 and 63.</ref>
50 February 5, 1788 Periodic Appeals to the People Considered James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
51 February 6, 1788 The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
52 February 8, 1788 The House of Representatives James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
53 February 9, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: The House of Representatives James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
54 February 12, 1788 The Apportionment of Members Among the States James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
55 February 13, 1788 The Total Number of the House of Representatives James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
56 February 16, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: The Total Number of the House of Representatives James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
57 February 19, 1788 The Alleged Tendency of the New Plan to Elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
58 February 20, 1788 Objection That The Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands Considered James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
59 February 22, 1788 Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members Alexander Hamilton
60 February 23, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members Alexander Hamilton
61 February 26, 1788 The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members Alexander Hamilton
62 February 27, 1788 The Senate James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
63 March 1, 1788 The Senate Continued James Madison<ref name=”dispute”/>
64 March 5, 1788 The Powers of the Senate John Jay
65 March 7, 1788 The Powers of the Senate Continued Alexander Hamilton
66 March 8, 1788 Objections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered Alexander Hamilton
67 March 11, 1788 The Executive Department Alexander Hamilton
68 March 12, 1788 The Mode of Electing the President Alexander Hamilton
69 March 14, 1788 The Real Character of the Executive Alexander Hamilton
70 March 15, 1788 The Executive Department Further Considered Alexander Hamilton
71 March 18, 1788 The Duration in Office of the Executive Alexander Hamilton
72 March 19, 1788 The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered Alexander Hamilton
73 March 21, 1788 The Provision For The Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power Alexander Hamilton
74 March 25, 1788 The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the Pardoning Power of the Executive Alexander Hamilton
75 March 26, 1788 The Treaty Making Power of the Executive Alexander Hamilton
76 April 1, 1788 The Appointing Power of the Executive Alexander Hamilton
77 April 2, 1788 The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered Alexander Hamilton
78 May 28, 1788 (book)
June 14, 1788 (newspaper) 		The Judiciary Department Alexander Hamilton
79 May 28, 1788 (book)
June 18, 1788 (newspaper) 		The Judiciary Continued Alexander Hamilton
80 June 21, 1788 The Powers of the Judiciary Alexander Hamilton
81 June 25, 1788 and
June 28, 1788 		The Judiciary Continued, and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority Alexander Hamilton
82 July 2, 1788 The Judiciary Continued Alexander Hamilton
83 July 5, 1788,
July 9, 1788 and
July 12, 1788 		The Judiciary Continued in Relation to Trial by Jury Alexander Hamilton
84 May 28, 1788 Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered Alexander Hamilton
85 August 13, 1788 and
August 16, 1788 		Concluding Remarks Alexander Hamilton


References

  • Adair, Douglass. Fame and the Founding Fathers. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1974. A collection of essays; that used here is “The Tenth Federalist Revisited.”


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Intermix (band) | Other versions It was

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Intermix was a musical band in the 1990s, made of Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber.

Unlike their other projects (including Front Line Assembly, Noise Unit, and Delerium), Intermix showed somewhat more of a techno music influence, while Delerium was more mellow like ambient music, and FLA had a very industrial music style.

On the first two albums Intermix sounded a bit like a collection of uncompleted snippets of ideas.

The third Intermix album however sounded completely different from the first two, being a lot more ambient and could actually also have been released as a Synæsthesia record or possibly an early Delerium record.

Early versions of Microsoft’s Windows XP beta versions used the first minute of the song Voices from the first Intermix album as background music for the Welcome Assistant. It was however not credited and it seems it was not with permission. It was replaced in the final version of Windows XP.

The pair released three albums as Intermix:

  • Intermix in 1992
  • Phaze Two in 1993
  • Future Primitives in 1995

Also the following 12 inch singles were released:

  • Dream On in 1992, only officially released single
  • Intermix/In The Nursery in 1992, A-side songs only (B-side was from the band In The Nursery)
  • Monument in 1993, promotional release only
  • Telekinetik Warriors in 1995, promotional release only

Except for the Monument single, only the Album versions were used on these singles,


See also

  • Synæsthesia

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Spinosity | on their 1992

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Spinosity is the second EP release by Australian pop-rock band The Sharp. It was recorded at Platinum Studios in Melbourne, Australia. The tracks “Talking Sly” and “Caught in the Deep” later went onto the This is the Sharp album.


Track listing

  1. “Talking Sly”
  2. “Dance For Me”
  3. “Caught in the Deep”
  4. “Restless Mind”
  5. “Butterfly”

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Christmas creep | Christmas. edit

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Christmas creep is the commercial phenomenon of merchants and retailers exploiting the commercialized status of Christmas (see Christmas season) earlier and earlier every year. It is most often attributed to the desire of many merchants to take advantage of particularly heavy Christmas-related shopping well before Black Friday in the US and before Halloween in Canada and the UK. It can apply for other holidays as well, notably Valentine’s Day, Easter and Mother’s Day. The key for holiday creep is for retailers to lengthen their selling season for seasonal merchandise in order to maximize profit and to give early-bird shoppers a headstart on that holiday.


External links

  • Christmas Creep: The Shopping Season Is Longer, but Is It Better?

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Christmas Interpretations | to Christmas’ EP.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Christmas Interpretations is a 1993 Christmas album by R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Several of the tracks are originals, written by the group and labelmate Brian McKnight; others are cover versions of traditional Christmas songs.


Track listing

  1. “Silent Night (Intro)”
  2. “Let It Snow” (featuring Brian McKnight)
  3. “Share Love”
  4. “You’re Not Alone”
  5. “A Joyous Song
  6. “Why Christmas”
  7. “Cold December Nights”
  8. “Do They Know”
  9. “Who Would Have Thought”
  10. “Silent Night”

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Frisland | Map from

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Frisland, also called Frischlant, Friesland, Freezeland, Frislandia, or Fixland, is a mythical island that appeared on virtually all of the maps of the North Atlantic from the 1560s through the 1660s. It is not to be confused with the similarly named Friesland.

It originally referred to Iceland, but after the Zeno Map (1558) placed it as an entirely separate island south of Iceland, it appeared that way on maps for the next 100 years.

Frisland eventually came to be identified with the Faroe Islands.

However, Frisland and the Faroe Islands both appear on several maps, many hundreds of miles apart.

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