User:Werldwayd/Further Development 1

This is strictly a personal page for Werldwayd for follow-up on articles I had developed and deleted or redirected by other colleagues, but wil be followed up by me

Follow-up: X Factor artists
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/x-factor/2009/08/20/where-are-they-now-what-happened-to-the-57-x-factor-finalists-115875-21609052/

My Favorite Page
[User Ed Fitzgerald thoughts]

Specially when he says:

A personal prescription for surviving Wikipedia

1. Concentrate on editing. The social networking aspects of Wikipedia are a quagmire, and much too easy to be gradually sucked in to. Wikipedia may be a community, but it's a highly dysfunctional one that's it's best to remain aloof from, at least as much as humanly possible.

2. Cut back your watchlist as much as possible. Only watch articles which you've created or substantially improved, or which are very important to keep from being ruined.

3. Cut back on monitoring noticeboards. They're a snare and an illusion [sic], and very wasteful of time.

4. For any future RfCs, AN/I reports, etc. make one brief response, then ignore them as much as possible. Some short additional replies may be warranted, but be careful not to feed the opposition with too much information.

5. Drop any effort that proves not to be worth the energy.

6. When challenged, give it one more try, then drop the effort and go away; it's not worth fighting them.

7. You cannot win against an admin who really wants to win.

8. Remember: They are armed, you are not. When two admins tell you that black is white, it is fruitless to continue to try to show them that black is black and white is white. You don't need to accept their idiocy, just realize that there's little you can do about it, and continuing will just get you punished in some way.

9. Learn the lesson that collectively, Wikipedia doesn't want to be saved, it's not even very concerned about being fixed. It is quite happy being what it is, flawed or not.

10. Most importantly: Stay uninvolved, learn not to care.

While Wikipedia has many editors who are reasonable and willing to discuss things rationally to reach a compromise, or perhaps even change their minds, it also has more than its share of rigid, dogmatic, inflexible, unimaginative people who are unwilling or unable to see value in anything except their own fixed ideas. Interacting with these people will, eventually, grind you down, because while there are only a limited number of ways to improve an article, there are many, many ways to screw it up, some of which are, unfortunately, supported by wrong-headed Wikipedia policies. For all these reasons, it's best to do your editing and then move on and DON'T LOOK BACK. Looking back only opens the possibility that you'll find out that one of those rigid and dogmatic people has undone your work and is willing to go to the mat to prevent it from being fixed. You can't win with people like that, and the attempt to do so will only raise your blood pressure and aggravate you.

Dahesh books To be published
Works to be Published

1. Innocent in Chains, or The Diary of a Prisoner of Treachery & Treason (2 volumes) 2. My Testament 3. The Gospel of Love 4. Labyrinths 5. Inspiration from the Woods 6. Writings Inspired by Imprisonment, Denationalization, Exile & Displacement 7. Diary of the Founder of Daheshism (1945-1946) 8. Thick Darkness 9. Paradise (3 volumes) 10. The Inferno of Dr. Dahesh (volumes 2 and 3) 11. The Book of the Divine Guide 12. Differences between Catholicism & Daheshism 13. Secrets of Death 14. My Secrets 15. Memoirs of a Porter 16. The Depravities of the Debased Castaway Abd el-Rahim el-Sharif el-Khalili 17. How I Cast Out the Treacherous Depraved Abd el-Rahim the Dishonorable (el-Ghair Sharif) 18. Bread of Knowledge and Wisdom of the Ages or The Dead Preach and Advise the Living (An Anthology of Proverbs compiled by Dr. Dahesh in 6 volumes) Works Exposing Charlatanism & Conjuring

19. Disclosing the Frauds & Revealing the Charlatanism of Dr. Salomon 20. Exposing the Deception Trickery of the Charlatan & Magician Nour-el-Deen el-Jawi 21. Unveiling the Chicanery of the Imposter Tahra 22. Secrets of Hypnotism 23. Exposing the Charlatan Hypnotists & Uncovering Their Deception

Poetic Versions

24. The Lyre of Sorrows or Soul Weeping Poetic version by Halim Dammous 25. Fleeting Mirages Poetic version by Halim Dammous 26. Paradise (3 volumes) Poetic version by Halim Dammous 27. The Inferno of Dr. Dahesh (Volumes 1,2,3) versified by Halim Dammous (Volume 1) versified by Sheikh Abdullah el-Alaili 28. Astarte & Adonis Poetic version by Salah el-Assir 29. Lightnings & Thunders Poetic version by Halim Dammous 30. Repose of Death Poetic version by Halim Dammous 31. Memoirs of a Dinar Poetic version by Halim Dammous 32. The Six Goddesses Poetic version by Halim Dammous 33. Emotions & Commotions Poetic version by Halim Dammous 34. Arrows & Spears Poetic version by Halim Dammous

Category:The X Factor winner's singles

 * A
 * Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
 * C
 * Chi (Who)
 * The Climb (song)
 * D
 * Dove si vola
 * H
 * Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)
 * I
 * I've Come to Life
 * In punta di piedi
 * M
 * Many of Horror
 * A Moment Like This
 * Moments (Hans Bollandsås song)
 * My Dream (Thomas song)
 * S
 * Somewhere in the World (song)
 * T
 * That's My Goal
 * W
 * When You Believe

Danyl Johnson
Danyl Aaron Johnson (born 17 June 1982) is an English singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer. He first rose to fame during the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, where he impressed judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh, and Dannii Minogue with his rendition of Joe Cocker's With A Little Help From My Friends, which instantly became a Youtube sensation, with currently over 16 million views.

Early life Danyl Johnson was born on the 17th June 1982 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, and moved to Emmer Green, Reading in Berkshire when he was fourteen years old. He later moved to Aborfield, outside of Reading a few years ago. He worked as a Dance and Drama teacher, having taught at three stage schools, including the Southcote-based renowned stage school Starmaker and School of the Arts (SOTA) in Windsor.

Johnson was previously a member of two boy bands: Upfrunt and StreetLevel. StreetLevel disbanded in 2006 as they were unable to find the right management and direction, and Danyl subsequently auditioned for The X Factor's third series. However, he did not make it past the early stages and therefore was unable to audtion infront of the judges.

Johnson is also a member of the band Empty Spaces. He and his band mate, Nick Burrage, continued to perform as a duo whilst the sixth series of The X Factor was set in motion. However, after Johnson’s first audition was aired on TV- followed by his commitments to the show- there was little time to perform as a band. The pair remain close friends, and the material they produced together continues to be popular today.

Danyl was the last to audition in London on the first day of The X Factor auditions. By this point Simon Cowell -along with the other judges- felt that no talent had been found, leaving Cowell in a bad mood. However, after Johnson auditioned, he received a standing ovation from all four judges, with Simon Cowell hailing his performance of "With a Little Help From My Friends" -by The Beatles- "the best first audition I have ever heard". Johnson swiftly received four yeses and was through to boot-camp and subsequently ending up in the final twelve of the live shows.

The X Factor

Danyl auditioned for the sixth series of X Factor in June 2009. After impressing the judges, receiving a standing ovation from all four judges, with Simon Cowell declaring it to be "the best first audition I have ever heard", Johnson went on to earn his place in the final 12, as part of the Over 25s category. Danyl quickly became the bookies favourite, becoming the centre of much media attention. Danyl also proved to be the viewers favourite throughout the competition, topping the first live show with 27% of the votes, out of 12 finalists’. As a shock to everyone, Danyl found himself in the bottom two during week three despite receiving positive comments from all four judges, but came out stronger and topped the following weeks votes with a staggering 37% of the votes. He went on to top the voting in week 5 also. Unfortunately Danyl narrowly missed out on the final by a minute 0.2 percent, leaving many viewers gutted and shocked, but continues to remain passionate about a career in music, and is currently working on his debut album.

Danyl performed the following songs on the X Factor 2009.

After the X Factor Danyl continued to prove his popularity and talent by performing at venues up and down the UK as well as taking part in the 57 date X Factor Tour, singing in front of thousands of fans everyday and showing the Nation his talent, causing many reviews hailing him as the "real winner" of the sixth series of X Factor. This sell-out tour allowed Danyl to showcase his dancing skills, and gave him the opportunity to prove his talents on the piano for the first time, whilst singing popular songs from the show "With a Little Help From My Friends", "Man In The Mirror", "Purple Rain", and participating in the charity single, You Are Not Alone, along with popular group songs from the series.

Solo career Since completing the X Factor, Johnson has been working on his debut album along with his Empty Spaces band mate Nick Burrage, as well as many impressive songwriters, including Diane Warren and Steve Robson. Johnson has previously expressed his ambition to write a "really good album", with an expected release date of April 2011, following a single out in March. Much anticipation for the album has been created amongst fans after Johnson's original song "Beautiful Life" was widely heard after his time on the X Factor, and has proven to be extremely popular, gaining hundreds of thousands of views on Youtube, and has also proven to be very popular at Johnson's many gigs up and down the UK.

TV appearances After his well-received audition, Johnson immediately attracted a lot of attention around the world, particularly in America, where he was subsequently asked for an interview for the Today Show. This resulted in an invitation to appear on one of America's most watched shows,The Oprah Winfrey Show due to the media attention and interest Johnson had generated over in the US. However X Factor producers and bosses prevented this appearance on the hit American show, as they felt it would be a disadvantage to the other contestants taking part in the competition.

Recently, Johnson performed a cover of Plan B's 'She Said' on Live From Studio Five with fellow X Factor contestant and friend Jamie Archer, after being invited on the show on several occasions.

It has been confirmed by producers of the hit television show Benidorm that Johnson will guest star in an episode of the next series, with the episode having been shot in November 2010, and is expected to air on ITV 1 in early 2011.

References

Twee vaders
"Twee Vaders" (meaning Two fathers) is a Dutch language song by Terence Uphoff. He sang it in 2005 on the Dutch chidren's program Kinderen voor Kinderen (meaning Children for children) when Terence was just 11 and is a pioneering song in support of gay parenting. The song also appears in the annual 2005 album released in the Netherlands entitled Kinderen voor Kinderen 26, being track #9 of 13 songs in the 26th album in the program series.

The song is about a child adopted by gay partners (called Bas and Diederik in the lyrics) when the child was just one year old. The lyrics convey the life of an adopted son by two men who the song lyrics say are "two fathers, two real fathers, who, if they have to, both can be my mother". It is not clear if the singer Terence himself is the adopted child as in the song or not. "Twee vaders" became popular beyond the scope of the Dutch program and became well-known internationally with various translations of the Dutch song into English (as "Two Fathers"), in Spanish ("Dos Padres"), French ("Deux pères"), German and many others.

In popular culture
 * Didier performed the song with a choir of youth live at the 2007 gay EuroGames in Antwerp.
 * Maxim Gijs performed the song on October 13, 2007 during the Kinderen voor Kinderen Song Festival
 * The American singer-songwriter and actor Jay Brannan performed the song in Dutch during his concert tour in the Netherlands.

External links
 * The original live performance of "Twee vaders" by Terence Uphoff in the program Kinderen voor Kinderen
 * Terence Uphoff on LastFM site

Category:2005 songs

Marius Borg Høiby
Marius Borg Høiby (born on 13 January 1997) is the eldest son of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway from Morten Borg, a previous partner of hers. Marius was born out of wedlock as the coiuple weren't legally married. His biological father was a controversial figure and an alleged drug dealer who was convicted later on by the Norwegian courts. Marius Borg Høiby was christened in Lund church in Kristiansand on 8 April 1997. His godparents were Mr Espen Høiby, Mr Per Høiby, Ms Kristin Høiby Bjørnøy, Ms Veronica Sønsteby Aamot, Mr Tom Viken and Mr Anders Borg. Mette-Marit married the Crown Prince Haakon on 25 August 2001, whereas the bological father Morten Borg married Celine Maktabi in September 2004. Acceptance in the royal family Marius Borg Høiby is now recognized as a stepson of Crown Prince Haakon and the elder half-brother of Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus. He is considered a member of the Norwegian Royal Family. He attends primary school at Janslökka school in Asker. The school is situated just across the road from the Crown Pince family's new home at Skaugum. In English, he is addressed as Master according to the royal family website. As of yet, he has not been given a royal or any other title as he is not the Crown Prince's son. He is an active boy who enjoys a wide variety of sports and outdoor recreational activities. Initially, there was a big controversy when it was announced that Crown Prince Haakon was marrying a single mother coming from a common family and with a 4 year old son. But he insisted on marrying her. The Crown Prince has also been known to be very accepting of Marius who appears in many of the royal family photos as a regular member of the royal family. But there has been some controversy surrounding the conduct of the press around Marius; in a relatively unusual case of outspokenness, the Crown Princess asked the media to respect her elder son's privacy.

External links

Additional materials He bares both his mothers and fathers surname, Borg-Høiby. His father has been imprisoned

Chris Thurston
Chris Thurston (1976 - November 4, 2008) is an American rapper better known by his stage name "Jax". A Queens, New York native, he became a member of Atlanta's underground rap scene, and most notably of the Binkis Recs, an Atlanta indie rap group. He suffered a cardiac arrest while performing on stage in Atlanta, Georgia, was rushed to the hospital, and pronounced dead some hours later.

Although he was not signed to any music label, he released six albums independently through iTunes.

Discography

Solo Albums
 * Black Capitalism
 * J.F.K. (Jax Forever King)
 * Observe LP
 * Sharp Images
 * Sharper Images

Group Albums (Binkis recs)
 * The Reign Begins
 * How Many Lumps Vol. 1
 * How Many Lumps Vol. 2

External links
 * Binkis Recs MySpace website
 * Jax (Chris Thurston) page on Serious Knock Entertainment site

DEFAULTSORT:Thurston, Chris Category:1976 births Category:2008 deaths Category:American rappers Category:Deaths from heart failure

Expansionist Party of the United States
Image:Expansionist Party Logo.svg|200px

The Expansionist Party of the United States is an American political party organization co-founded by L. Craig Schoonmaker and Stanley H. Hauser on 19 February 1977. Stanley H. Hauser died in July 1996, at age 67. L. Craig Schoonmaker continues as present chairman of the party.

Also known as the Expansionist Party or XPUS or just XP for short, the party was established in New York City, New York, but is now located in Newark, New Jersey, United States. The Expansionist Party of the United States (XPUS) is not officially registered in the United States and is considered a fringe party.

It is a radical centrist / pragmatist / moral non-dogmatic party, with no marked leftist or rightist agenda. The party also urges a larger role in society for ethnic and sexual minorities. The party's membership does not extend beyond a few hundred members.

Platform


 * The Expansionist Party describes its platform as follows:

XP is radical centrist, which means that it goes to the root ("radix" in Latin) of problems and disregards where an idea comes from, be it the Left or the Right.
 * In further detail:


 * It advocates expansion of the United States' territory by including initially primarily anglophone countries of the world. Immediate areas of interest include Canada, the Caribbean, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, and Panama.


 * XP advocates decolonization of all American territories and colonies as a first priority, by (a) granting statehood, (b) merging small colonies into larger new or existing states, or (c) granting independence to all American colonies.


 * It has proposed that the Caribbean regions of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands join the Union as a state. XP calls on the US Congress to unilaterally terminate Puerto Rico's neither/nor "Commonwealth" status (neither full equality with the 50 States as a State of the Union nor equality among the nations of the world as an independent country). This will give the Puerto Ricans a clear opportunity to make their final choice for full independence or joining the Union as a state.


 * The party has proposed that Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are joined in the state of Hawaii, as the three colonies are not large enough to warrant admission as a State of the Union.


 * It advocates the eventual merger of Mexico into the United States. The 31 states and Federal District of Mexico would become 10 states of the United States.

Further areas of interest in the more distant future would include Europe, Latin America, Africa, Oceania, South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), East Asia (Taiwan), and Russia, culminating in world union under the Constitution.

Activities

The bulk of the party's work is in educating the public by means of letters to the media, using the Internet, occasional radio and television appearances, speeches at colleges, etc., and in urging government officials to adopt XP policies.

In 2000, L. Craig Schoonmaker, the leader of the party, declared his candidacy for the US presidential elections. Because the party was not officially registered, Schoonmaker filed for his presidential run as an Independent.

External links
 * Expansionist Party of the United States official website
 * Original website of the party

Category:Political parties in the United States Category:Political parties established in 1977

L. Craig Schoonmaker

Lee Craig Schoonmaker (with Lee usually shortened to L.) (born December 20, 1944) is a gay intellectual, blogger, activist for gay rights and language reformist and a staunch supporter of Newark. He was also an independent presidential candidate in the 2000 elections in the States.

On 1 April 1969, he founded Homosexuals Intransigent! (also known by its acronym HI!) alongside Walter Phillips as a student organization at the City College of the City University of New York, three full months before the Stonewall Riots that gave rise to the Gay Liberation Movement. Schoonmaker also wrote a regular column for Gay Power newspaper as President of HI!. Schoonmaker and Walter Phillips later on published the exclusively male homosexual publicaton Homosexuals Intransigent! starting 1969 until 1992 with 5 issues publication. The publication folded upon Philips' death, but continued without regular dates online on the website http://www.mrgaypride.org. He also published "Homosexual Rennaisnace'' (HR) with 2 issues including essays and literary materials.

Schoonmaker also wanted to promote an independent male homosexual movement and creating gay male organizations. In HI! he wrote "An Analysis: Heterosexuality in the Male". In 1978, New York City newsmagazine, Gaysweek published his artcle "Male Separatism", and in 1980 he published a pamphlet entitled "Time for a 'Lesbian and Gay' Divorce", in question-and-answer form. In 1998 he wrote "Gay Homophobia" and in 1981 "Gay Paranoia", a discussion of the excessive hostility some GLBT militants against gay men and in 1983 "A Test for Gay Men", 25 questions designed to explore internalized antihomosexual self-hatreds, with answers and commentary.

In 1970 he also reportedly initiated the notion of "gay pride" by proposing to the Christopher Street Liberation Day Umbrella Committee (CSLDUC) that was planning on an annual march New York City's Greenwich Village, on the last weekend of June of each year, on the anniversary celebrations of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 to call it "Gay Pride Weekend" rather than the proposed Christopher Street Liberation Day Weekend, or Gay Power Weekend.

In 1973, he joined the high-IQ society Mensa and tried to form a Special Interest Group (SIG) for gay men. Despite initial opposition, he prevailed, and Homosexuals In Mensa (HIM) arose. After a couple of years, however, he left Mensa greatly dosenchanted to form his own movement Homosexuals of High IQ (H2IQ) which functioned for a few years and had its mimeographed newsletter before folding.

In 1977 Schoonmaker co-founded with Stanley H. Hauser Expansionist Party of the United States. He is the party's chairman. In 2000, L. Craig Schoonmaker was The Expansionist Party's self-declared presidential candidate. Because the Expansionist Party was not officially registered as a political party anywhere within the United States, Schoonmaker's filed for his presidential run as an Independent. He didn't run in 2004 elections despite preparing his election manifesto.

L. Craig is also a big fan of Newark, about which he publishes materials in his online site ResurgentCity Newark USA.

His well-read blog is called Antipost http://antipost.blogspot.com/ as he is in disagreement with New York Post that ignored most of his Letters to the Editor prompting him to publish them in his blog.

External links
 * Expansionist Party of the United States Official webiste
 * L Craig Schoonmaker's Antipost blog
 * Mr Gay Pride: Homosexuals Intransigent! website
 * Fanetik Official website
 * Resurgent City: Newark USA website

Shaun Rogerson
Shaun Rogerson (born 24 June, 1989 in Abram Wigan) is an English pop singer who rose to prominence in the UK after taking part in the 2006 series of the talent show The X Factor Shaun made it to boot camp but never made it to the final four, but still performed at the live final without being a contestant. He appeared as a judge on Young Star Search in Northern Ireland in June and July 2007.

Career

Early life

Shaun was born in Abram, Greater Manchester He attended Cansfield High School in Ashton Living with his mother Joanne, father Gary and his two sisters Kirsty and Leanne, Shaun has always loved to sing and taken part in school productions of musicals, and, and at 14, won a singing competition in Haven, Devon. Previously a catering student, he dropped out to concentrate on a singing career.

2006: The X Factor

Shaun first applied for The X Factor in March 2006 and then took part in the audition for The X Factor. He was very nervous in his first audition and broke down. Luckily, Sharon Osbourne sympathized with him and gave him a second audition chance. So did Louis Walsh, although Simon Cowell declined. Judge Osbourne even paid for a life coach, Mark Russel, to help Shaun conquer his nerves and be able to perform more confidently. . Manchester Evening News said that Shaun touched the hearts of fans of with his X Factor performance. Shaun made it to boot camp but failed to pass to the finals. But he was chosen by Simon Cowell to be in his final 8 in boot camp in the 16-24 group. Shaun's final audition in front of Cowell was in Miami when he asked if Shaun would be able to cope onstage and Shaun answered that he was not ready. Although not picked for the live shows in Cowell's category, he was still offered the chance to sing on the live. He sang Right Here Waiting in the final of The X Factor with 12 million people watching. Reportedly, Simon Cowell even offered Shaun a record deal regardless. Shaun also toured witb The X Factor finalists without being a finalist himself. This is the only time in the series that a non-finalist has taken part in the after-season tour.

Television appearances

After X Factor

Shaun Rogerson has become a celebrity and continues to enjoy great popularity and performs in many live events, including charities. May renowned artists have met him for encouragement and positive reinforcement. His predicament and successes despite his difficulties, have also made awareness of shyness conditions more prominent and has led to more open public discussions. Rogerson occasionally takes part in workshops and gives talks to young people who are nervous to help them and inspire young people to overcome their nerves.

Shaun Rogerson released his first album entitled Shaun in May 2007 on "Calibre Music" record label. The album is entirely made of cover versions of favorite songs, including Right Here Waiting released as a single and music video.

Discography

Albums Shaun (released on 28 May 2007 on Calibre Music label)

Tracklist:
 * 1) 1000 Miles
 * 2) She Will Be Loved
 * 3) Beautiful
 * 4) Right Here Waiting
 * 5) You've Got a Friend
 * 6) Heaven
 * 7) Chasing Cars
 * 8) She's The One
 * 9) Can You Feel The Love
 * 10) Long and Winding Road
 * 11) My Girl
 * 12) Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
 * 13) Easy

Singles / Music Videos


 * "Right Here Waiting" (released 21 May 2007 on Calibre Music label)

External links
 * Official Shaun Rogerson Website
 * Shaun Rogerson MySpace Website

Artists for Haiti
Artists for Haiti is a musical formation led by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie and made up of a predominantly American artists. The supergroup was put together in January 2010 for issue of a charity record for the purpose of issuing a charity record for helping Haiti's earthquake victims.

Artists for Haiti collective release was the single "We Are the World 25 for Haiti", a remake of a 1985 single by USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa), yet another collectve effort that had been formed earlier for helping famine victims in Africa through the "USA for Africa Foundation". The original song is taken from the album We Are the World

Members Conductors Artists for Haiti performance was conducted by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie Soloists Soloists (in order of appearance) were Justin Bieber, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Nettles, Josh Groban, Tony Bennett, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson (stock material only), Janet Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Miley Cyrus, Enrique Iglesias, Jamie Foxx, Wyclef Jean, Adam Levine, Pink, BeBe Winans and Usher, Janet Jackson, Celine Dion, Orianthi (on guitar), Fergie, Nick Jonas, Toni Braxton, Mary Mary, Isaac Slade, Lil Wayne, Carlos Santana (solo with a guitar), Akon, T-Pain, LL Cool J, Will.i.am, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz, Iyaz and Kanye West Chorus The chorus was made up of Patti Austin, Bizzy Bone, Ethan Bortnick, Jeff Bridges, Zac Brown, Brandy, Kristian Bush, Natalie Cole, Harry Connick Jr., Hayden Panettiere, Kid Cudi, Faith Evans, Melanie Fiona, Sean Garrett, Tyrese Gibson, Anthony Hamilton, Keri Hilson, Julianne Hough, India.Arie, Randy Jackson, Taj Jackson, Taryll Jackson, TJ Jackson, Joe Jonas, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Kevin Jonas, Gladys Knight, Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Katharine McPhee, Jason Mraz, Mýa, Freda Payne, A. R. Rahman, Raphael Saadiq, Trey Songz, Musiq Soulchild, Jordin Sparks, Robin Thicke, Alex Williams, Rob Thomas, Vince Vaughn, Ann Wilson, Brian Wilson and Nancy Wilson.

See also
 * Helping Haiti
 * We Are the World

External links
 * Artists for Haiti Facebook site

Category:Musical advocacy groups

Helping Haiti
Helping Haiti is a musical formation that was formed in January 2010 for the purpose of issuing a charity record for helping Haiti's earthquake victims. Helping Haiti's collective release was the single "Everybody Hurts", a cover of a 1993 R.E.M. single taken from their 1992 album Automatic for the People.

Proceeds from the single will be split between The Sun Helping Haiti fund and the Disasters Emergency Committee. The song was premiered on radio stations nationally on February 2, 2010. The single was released both physically and digitally on February 7, 2010, with the physical release being brought forward by one day due to demand.

Members Peforming in Helping Haiti are Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Mika, Michael Bublé, Joe McElderry, Miley Cyrus, James Blunt, Gary Barlow and Mark Owen (both of Take That), Jon Bon Jovi, James Morrison, Alexandra Burke, Susan Boyle, Aston Merrygold and Marvin Humes (both of JLS), Shane Filan and Mark Feehily (of Westlife), Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams.

Chart performance Following its release in the UK and Ireland on 7 February 2010, Helping Haiti's song entered the Irish Singles Chart on February 12, 2010 at a peak position of number 1. It has been reported as having sold approximately 205,000 copies in its first two days in the United Kingdom.

See also
 * Everybody Hurts
 * Artists for Haiti

External links
 * Helping Haiti Facebook

Category:Musical advocacy groups

Joe Sioufi
Joe Sioufi is a Canadian artist, photographer and painter

Early years Joe Sioufi started painting at a very young age. He studied Decorative Arts at Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) in Beirut, Lebanon. He continued his education in Montreal's Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) from where he graduated with a Bachelor degree in Urban Planning followed by a Masters degree in Project Management in Université de Montréal.

Career Image:Joe Sioufi pic.jpg|thumb|Sioufi's montage portraits While he lived in Montreal, Canada, he had a career in artistic, lifestyle and journalistic photography, most notably as photographer for Phoenicia Montreal weekly. His photos of Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Amine Gemayel taken in Montreal were used by international news agencies when reporting on Gemayel's obituary after his assassination in Lebanon. Sioufi also made a famous series of photoshoots of Montreal sculptor and artist Armand Vaillancourt writing an article about him in 31 January 2008 issue of Phoenicia newspaper.

Sioufi exposed at "Passions & Teintes" event through his art work "Orange Woman" alongside other Montreal artists including Armand Vaillancourt, Zilon, Yvon Goulet, Katia Coric and more. Between April 14 and 25, 2010, he took part in a group exhibition organized by Levant: Regroupement des Artistes, Peintres et Sculpteurs in Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec. exhibiting two of his works: "The One & Only Fayrouz" and "Sisters".

Joe Sioufi's collaboration with the Bad Boy Club Montréal (BBCM) and the Montreal nightlife led him to meet one of the most famous drag queens in Quebec, Mado Lamotte and he did a series of Montreal drag queens exclusive photoshoots including Mado Lamotte. Joe photographed Canada's beauty queens in 2008 and political events. He also was a performer/dancer at the Black and Blue Festival main events in 2002 and 2004 and he had been organizing parties with Robert Vézina BBCM events. Now based in Houston, Texas, he writes a regular column in the Examiner.com site about Houston cultural events.

Joe Sioufi has also done work in front of the camera as well, by modelling and posing for various magazines. He has appeared as a model on the cover of Montreal publication Guide in its 2001 annual issue on the occasion for the Black and Blue festivities. He also appeared in a special feature in This Week in Texas (TWT) and made its cover in 2007 as well the cover of Hot magazine in Houston, Texas. He is also involved in charity work, most notably with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Influences

Joe Sioufi's sources of inspirations are based on the mythology, beauty, romance, eroticism and the ambiguity with a mix of sensuality and compassion in his style. His art works are a celebration of Love, Life and Humanity, presenting the contrast between light and dark, joy and sorrow, freedom and slavery; so they are made in a way to make us ask questions, provoke thoughts and takes us on an emotional journey. He claims provocation is his business and education too. His major positive influences came from the famous singer Madonna Ciccone, artists Claude Monet and Tamara De Lempicka, the architects Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, Lebanese diva Fairuz whose angelic voice was engraved in Joe's head and soul and the Catholic nuns that ran the school he used to go to as a child, École des Soeurs de Saint-Coeur (Achrafieh, Beirut).

References Reflist

External links DEFAULTSORT:Sioufi, Joe Category:Canadian painters Category:Canadian photographers Category:Canadian performance artists Category:People from Montreal Category:People from Houston, Texas Category:Living people
 * Joe Sioufi Official site
 * Joe Sioufi Painting site
 * Joe Sioufi Facebook

Kouros (singer) / Kouros Shahmiri
Kouros Shahmiri is an Iranian singer-songwriter. He is a naturalized American and currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Career

Kouros studied jazz at the Boston-based Berklee College of Music, graduating with a Traditional Composition / Jazz Arrangement major. He has been a practitioner of modern Persian pop music for over 20 years.

He met singer/songwriter Andranik Madadian at a Siavash Shams concert. They formed the duo Andy & Kouros, releasing 4 albums albums: Khastegary (1985), Parvaz (1988), Balla! and Goodbye (1991). They split in 1992, both to pursue their own solo careers.

In 2002, and again in 2004, Kouros and Madadian were reunited to perform a concert at San Jose, California, produced by Papillon Productions. In 2007 they re-recorded and videoed their song "Nilofar", and in 2009, toured to the Iranian diaspora of North America, Europe and Australia.

Kouros released a further album, Afsaneh, in October 2010.

Discography Andy & Kouros
 * 1985: Khastegary
 * Notable tracks: "Khastegary" / "Madar"
 * 1988: Parvaz
 * Notable tracks: "Restless" / "Chi Mishod" / "Niloufar" / "Topoli" / "Maa Hameh Irooni Hastim"
 * 1990: Balla!
 * Notable tracks: "Balla" / "Leila" / "Don't Go Away" / "Shaytoon Balla" / "Khodaye Asemoonha" / "Atish"
 * 1991: Goodbye
 * Notable tracks: "Strange Love" / "Yasaman"

Kouros (solo)
 * Nassleman
 * Yaaghi
 * Gates of Love
 * True Love
 * Afsaneh

See also
 * Andranik Madadian
 * Andy & Kouros

External links DEFAULTSORT:Kouros Category:Iranian pop singers Category:Iranian singer-songwriters Category:Living people
 * Kouros' Official Website

Andy & Kouros
Andy & Kouros were a very famous Iranian duo made up of Andranik Madadian (better known as Andy) and Kouros.

Andy and Kouros were first introduced at a Siavash Shams concert by Siavash himself who was a good friend of Andy. Andy and Kouros released 4 albums consecutive albums: Khastegary (1985), Parvaz (1988), the hugely successful album Balla! and finally Goodbye (1991), an ominous title as the duo split in 1992, with both Andy and Kouros going on to have successful solo careers.

Balla! is considered one of the greatest and most successful albums in Persian music history. The album was produced by Elton Farokh Ahi and consists of lyrics by Jaklin and Leila Kasra. Balla! comprises 10 songs many of which became huge hits.

In 2002 Papillon Productions produced a Andy & Kouros reunion concert, the duo returned together on stage for the first time since their split 10 years prior, to perform for a sold-out audience in San Jose, California. The duo appeared in a 2007 remake of their big hit "Niloufar" released by Farez featuring Andy & Kouros. In 2009, they also engaged in a sold-out international tour together in the Iranian diaspora (North America, Europe, Australia). Andy & Kouros are scheduled to return to San Jose, California at the same venue were they performed their first reunion concert eight years ago. The event is scheduled for May 1st, 2010.

Discography
 * 1985: Khastegary
 * Notable tracks: "Khastegary" / "Madar"
 * 1988: Parvaz
 * Notable tracks: "Restless" / "Chi Mishod" / "Niloufar" / "Topoli" / "Maa Hameh Irooni Hastim"
 * 1990: Balla!
 * Notable tracks: "Balla" / "Leila" / "Don't Go Away" / "Shaytoon Balla" / "Khodaye Asemoonha" / "Atish"
 * 1991: Goodbye
 * Notable tracks: "Strange Love" / "Yasaman"

See also
 * Andranik Madadian
 * Kouros (singer)

External links
 * Official Andy website
 * Official Kouros website
 * Andy & Kouros' fans official weblog

DEFAULTSORT:Andy and Kouros Category:Iranian pop singers Category:Iranian singer-songwriters Category:Iranian expatriates in the United States

Lexi St. George
Lexi St. George (born May 15, 1997) is an American singer. She is known for being picked in the American Broadcasting Company's show Good Morning America in a challenge that the program made in the hopes of launching a brand new recording artist in just a week.

Career 2011-present: Music On June 29, 2011 George released her first single "Dancing to the Rhythm". The song was co-written by Patrice Wilson and Steve Sulikowski and produced by Wilson himself. The track was recorded in Los Angeles at the Village Studios with "Suite 7 Productions".

Discovery In June, 2011 George was picked in the American Broadcasting Company's show Good Morning America in a challenge that the program made in the hopes of launching a brand new recording artist in just a week. The program contacted Patrice Wilson and his team from ARK Music Factory, to run auditions, recordings, production and promotion to produce an unknown artist. The four-day television feature entitled One Week to Hit It Big: Pop Star was televised on ABC's Good Morning America between 27 and 30 June 2011. The feature showed ARK music executives assessing candidates on their audition performances and interviews during a preceding week-end and picking the finalist as Lexi St. George over the three other finalists. Patrice Wilson proposed that St. George records "Dancing to the Rhythm" in the studio work and making of an original music video. On the last day, the video was launched on network television on ABC, with Lexi St. George being interviewed and reaction of the public assessed.

Discography Singles

References

External links
 * Youtube
 * Youtube

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Dancing to the Rhythm
"Dancing to the Rhythm", also known as "Dancing to the Rhythm (With Me)" is a 2011 song by American singer Lexi St. George, born in 1997. She had been picked in the American Broadcasting Company's show Good Morning America in a challenge that the program made in the hopes of launching a brand new recording artist in just a week.

Background

The program contacted Patrice Wilson and his team from ARK Music Factory, to run auditions, recordings, production and promotion to produce an unknown artist. Patrice Wilson was behind the viral video song "Friday" by another previously unknown 13-year-old singer Rebecca Black. The four-day television feature entitled One Week to Hit It Big: Pop Star[1] was televised on ABC's Good Morning America between 27 and 30 June 2011.[2] On Day 1, the feature would show ARK music executives assessing candidates on their audition performances and interviews during a preceding week-end and picking a finalist. On Day 2, the feature would show picking the winner, propose a recording and finalizing the studio work. On Day 3, the program would show behind-the-scenes preparation, rehearsals, make-overs and making of the original music video and on Day 4,the finale, the video would be launched on network television on ABC, the artist interviewed and reaction of the public assessed.[2] After a two-day audition process promoted through word-of-mouth, ads on ABC television, short radio announcements on Los Angeles' KAMP-FM and online ARK Music Factory website and open performances hosted in two LA malls, the final four candidates picked by Patrice Wilson were Linnea Sult, Lexi St. George, Madeline Ralston, all 14, and Samantha Ramirez, 12. Wilson finally chose Lexi St. George for the ABC GMA challenge of trying to make a viral star in one week. Lexi St. George recorded the song "Dancing to the Rhythm" co-written for the show by Patrice Wilson and Steve Sulikowski[3] and produced by Wilson himself. The track was recorded in Los Angeles at the Village Studios with "Suite 7 Productions", the producers of the "Friday" video. Choreography was by JR Taylor and St. George and the participants were styled by Avo Yermagyan. Music video

The music video was shot in one day and broadcast on the Good Morning America program on June 30, 2011. The video, was posted on YouTube by ABCNews and GMA and by the ARK Music Factory website. Reaction

Initial reactions have been to make comparison between Rebecca Black and Lexi St. George.[4][5] References


 * Morgan Zalkin and Cat McKenzie article on ABCNews website: One Week to Hit It Big - Will a Pop Star Be Made on 'Good Morning America'?
 * a b ABCNews: One Week to Hit It Big: Pop Star
 * OnlinePRNews: Ark Music Factory Launches New Artist on Good Morning America
 * Ian S. Port on San Francisco Weekly: Lexi St. George's "Dancing to the Rhythm (with Me)" Is Way Worse Than Rebecca Black's "Friday"
 * Rickey.org: Lexi St. George – The New Rebecca Black?

Rebecca Ferguson
Rebecca Ferguson, a English singer, from Liverpool, England. On 12 December 2010, Ferguson was announced as the act which came in second-place, on seventh series of the ITV show, The X Factor, after being beaten by Matt Cardle in the final. "Distant Dreamer" is set to be her debut single.

Early life Rebecca Ferguson is a single mother of two, and student from Anfield, Liverpool. Ferguson is a qualified legal secretary, having studied at Hugh Baird College, Bootle. She has previously unsuccessfully auditioned for The X Factor and for P. Diddy's Starmaker in New York.

2010: The X Factor She sang "A Change Is Gonna Come" during her initial audition. At her bootcamp audition, she sang "Like a Star" to which Cowell said "That is a recording voice!" and Nicole Scherzinger said, "I told you first time I saw her, she is our generation’s songbird." She sang "Fireflies" at the judges houses stage. For the first live show she sang "Teardrops", in the second live show she sang "Feeling Good" and in the third live show she sang "Why Don't You Do Right?". In the fifth live show, Rebecca received a standing ovation from Simon and Cheryl following her performance of "Make You Feel My Love". In the following episode, Rebecca received another standing ovation from Dannii and Cheryl after singing "Candle in the Wind".

External links
 * rebecca ferguson page on The X Factor website

The X Factor XFactorContestants

Category:X Factor series runners-up Category:The X Factor (UK) contestants Category:People from Liverpool Category:Living people

B.A.N.G.E.R.S.
B.A.N.G.E.R.S. was a famous Danish rap group founded in 1998 by the rappers made up of the rappers L.O.C., U$O and disc jockey DJ Rescue. Shortly after, and Johnson (full name Marc Kwabena Johnson) also known as N.I.S. (NiggerenISlæden) joined.

B.A.N.G.E.R.S. released the EP released the EP VIP. The band was dissolved in 2000 and all its members have their successful solo careers. However, members have been keen to come together for various special projects, most notably Gadeplan, a collection put together by DJ Typhoon and released in 2004.

During the short span of the group, they made a big mark on the Danish rap scene and worked as a model for many upcoming Danish rappers. They recorded the EP which they called VIP EP containing four tracks (one being a remix). The EP which was released only on vinyl in a limited edition, and became a huge collectibles item. There is a prospect for a reprint of the famous EP by "Run For Cover" label.

External links Category:Danish hip hop musicians
 * B.A.N.G.E.R.S. Official website
 * Run For Cover website

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Schoolboy Records
Schoolboy Records is an American record label established in 2007 by Scooter Braun through his School Boy Entertainment, part of SB Projects, a full-service entertainment and marketing company encompassing a wide range of ventures including Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), SB Consulting, SB Management, and Sheba Publishing.

Schoolboy Records' success came with the signing of Asher Roth and his single "I Love College" followed by Roth's debut album Asleep in the Bread Aisle.

External links
 * Schoolboy Records / Schoolboy Entertainment official website
 * SB official website

Category:Scooter Braun Category:American record labels

Scooter Braun

External links
 * Official website
 * Music Production Credits - (Discography)

François Sagat's Incubus
Image:Francois-sagats-incubus.jpg|thumb|right|220px|François Sagat's Incubus (DVD release cover) François Sagat's Incubus is a 2-part gay pornographic film co-directed and produced by French iconic pornstar François Sagat, his first as a film director and producer. Incubus, was written and directed by Sagat who was also in charge of the creative aspects of the film. It was co-directed by Brian Mills who mentored him in the process. The film was shot in San Francisco for release in two parts by TitanMen.

The first of the two-part series was released in mid-December 2011 as part of TitanMen's holiday blockbuster film offerings. The second part entitled François Sagat's Incubus 2: The Final Chapter was released in March 2012, although both parts were shot together. François Sagat allowed the entire production process to be documented and captured on video. TitanMen released a great number of these "behind the scenes" videos showing Sagat directing the film. The company used the launching of the film to promote heavily Titan's new-look website and announced there will be a long-form documentary film about the making of the movie as well.

Cast and design Besides François Sagat, who acts in the film as well as directing it, the film features
 * Jessy Ares
 * Shay Michaels
 * Spencer Reed
 * Aymeric DeVille
 * Jimmy Durano
 * Trenton Ducati
 * Hunter Marx


 * Design
 * Hair pieces and costumes: Charlie Le Mindu
 * Spandex wrestling singlets and accessories: David Mason (for fetish designer Slick It Up)
 * Head pieces and bracelets: François Sagat assisted by Pierre Henri Noel
 * Styling: Pierre Henri Noel and François Sagat

Synopsis Waking up dazed and dirty on a desolate hillside, a confused François Sagat stumbles upon a home and indulges himself into an intense encounter with Spencer Reed and Shay Michaels. Jolted awake by a nightmare, François Sagat spots two studs Jimmy Durano fucks Trenton Ducati. Bound by rope, Sagat then wakes up in the body of Aymeric DeVille. He is freed by Hunter Marx, who with Jessy Ares engages in further relations.

Cast and design Besides François Sagat, who acts in the film as well as directing it, the film features
 * Jessy Ares
 * Shay Michaels
 * Spencer Reed
 * Aymeric DeVille
 * Jimmy Durano
 * Trenton Ducati
 * Hunter Marx


 * Design
 * Hair pieces and costumes: Charlie Le Mindu
 * Spandex wrestling singlets and accessories: David Mason (for fetish designer Slick It Up)
 * Head pieces and bracelets: François Sagat assisted by Pierre Henri Noel
 * Styling: Pierre Henri Noel and François Sagat

Synopsis The film is an artistic, hypnotic journey that follows François Sagat's journey into a macabre world, never knowing if it's real or just the result of tormented dreams he has. Half-man, half-satyr, the two realms of Sagat's psyche battle it out on the screen. Waking up dazed and dirty on a desolate hillside, a confused François Sagat stumbles upon a home and indulges himself into an intense encounter with Spencer Reed and Shay Michaels. Jolted awake by a nightmare, François Sagat spots two studs Jimmy Durano fucks Trenton Ducati. Bound by rope, Sagat then wakes up in the body of Aymeric DeVille. He is freed by Hunter Marx, who with Jessy Ares engages in further relations.

References Reflist

External links
 * TitanMen: François Sagat's Incubus page
 * Incubus page on François Sagat website - includes 30-minute shoot by Gilles Bindi about Sagat's film
 * François Sagat's Incubus film trailer

Category:2011 films Category:2012 films Category:Directorial debut films Category:2010s pornographic films Category:Gay pornographic films

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Ruffa Billionz
Keneon Isaac known as Ruffa Billionz or just Ruffa is a Trinidad and Tobago reggae singer.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he started writing music at the age of 13 and started as a calypso singing star winning 3 straight Calypso singing titles in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ruffa immigrated with his family to the United States. Ruffa started singing in Boston winning 3 Caribbean awards there for best band, record of the year and for best new artist of the year and 18, released his single "Like a Gangsta" independently. The song became an international hit for him with record companies interested in signing him. He flew out to New York and met with Hank Shocklee producer for Public Enemy. Shocklee signed Ruffa to MCA with his first major release on the label being Diamond in the Ruff.

Ruffa's single "Dont U Worry/Representing" featuring Kool G Rap and Tasha Holiday charted on the Billboard Hip Hop singles chart reaching #3. Ruffa embarked on a promotional tour for the album. Due to label executive changes and down sizing at MCA Ruffa decided to focus his career more on music production, with some songs for Dr Dre, Notorious B.I.G., Method Man, Usher, Teddy Riley, Richie Rich, Cappadonna, Tasha Holiday, Case to name a few. Ruffa toured with Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, Johnny Gill and Ol' Dirty Bastard. He also toured overseas completing a 40-city American tour with Sony Ying and the Yang tour. He opened up for G-Unit, Bob Marley's backing band The Wailers and did a tribute to Janet Jackson.

Ruffa put together the album entitled 2 Pennies and a Dream on his independent imprint Tailor Made Production the production arm of his record label Tailor Made Music Group.

Discography Albums Singles
 * Diamond in the Ruff
 * 2 Pennies and a Dream
 * "Like a Gangsta"

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Category:American reggae musicians Category:Trinidad and Tobago reggae musicians Category:Trinidad and Tobago people

Sinners to Saints
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 * caption           = Sinners To Saints - July, 2011
 * background         = group_or_band
 * origin             = Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
 * genre              = Metalcore
 * years_active       = 2010–present
 * label              = Red Cord Records
 * Associated Acts    = August Burns Red Texas in July Inhale, Exhale
 * website            =
 * current_members    = Andrew East Jon Hendershot James Mowrer Jake Bastian Kyle East
 * past_members       = Chris Maurer (2011-2012)

Sinners To Saints is an American metalcore band from the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. The band is currently signed to Red Cord Records. They released a digital EP titled 'The Experiment EP' in late 2011, and will release their debut full length titled 'The Greatest of These' in 2012.

History Band Formation The band was formed in 2009 by Guitarist Jon Hendershot and drummer James Mowrer. In 2011, before recording their EP, "The Experiment EP", they added vocalist Andrew East, bassist Chris Maurer (former member of the band), and Guitarist Kyle East. The band is full of college students representing Penn State University, Liberty University, Full Sail University, and Moravian College. They are currently signed to Red Cord Records. In March of 2012, only a short time after the release of "The Experiment EP", the band signed to Illinois based record label, Red Cord Records  where the band is said to be "bringing a new twist to the music scene with technical, complicated parts mixed with catchy, driving melodies." This transition for the band caused Chris Maurer to step down from his role as bassist, allowing him to attend to his culinary studies at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. A short time after, bassist Jake Bastian stepped up to fill the position.

The Experiment EP Jon Hendershot and James Mowrer spent two years planning for, writing, and recording ‘The Experiment EP’, released in August, 2011. After writing the four song EP and finding three more members to complete the band, the group entered their friend's basement studio to record their first EP. 'The Experiment EP' contains four songs:


 * Oceans
 * Vanquisher
 * Charisma
 * Ambitions

The Greatest of These In early 2012, Sinners To Saints announced via their facebook page that their debut full length album would be titled 'The Greatest of These'. The band expressed that the title comes from 1 Corinthians 13, a chapter in the Bible that serves as a conceptual basis for many of their lyrics. They will be recording the album in August of 2012 in Rockford, IL. The album is expected to release in 2012 on Red Cord Records.

Members
 * Current
 * Andrew East - vocals (2011–Present)
 * Jon Hendershot - guitar (2009–Present)
 * Kyle East- guitar (2011–Present)
 * Jake Bastian - bass (2012–Present)
 * James Mowrer - drums (2009-Present)


 * Former
 * Chris Maurer - bass (2011-2012)

Discography Albums

Music videos


 * Vanquisher (The Experiment EP, 2011)

References

External links
 * Sinners To Saints
 * Red Cord Records
 * facebook
 * twitter
 * YouTube
 * tumblr

Category:American Christian metal musical groups Category:American metalcore musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2011 Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Pennsylvania Category:Musical groups from Pennsylvania Category:Metalcore Category:Hardcore Music

Hoodtrosexual
Hoodtrosexual is a term derived from hood and metrosexuality, used to describe someone from the "hood" that lives what many would call a metrosexual lifestyle. Hood is slang for Neighborhood or ghetto. Metrosexual is a neologism derived from metropolitan and heterosexual coined in 1994 describing a man (especially one living in an urban, post-industrial, capitalist culture) who spends a lot of time and money on shopping for his appearance. Debate surrounds the term's use as a theoretical signifier of sex deconstruction and its associations with consumerism. Origin The term originated in a quote by Terri Thomas, age 29 of Chicago, Il, August 2010. Used in a sentence: "I'm hoodtrosexual". For someone that doesn't use many labels, this one is something that many may relate to, in this day and age.

Justin Herwick
Justin Herwick is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Jackson in Everett Lewis' 2002 film Luster.

Filmography
 * 1994: Cityscrapes: Los Angeles as Ben
 * 1997: C-16: FBI as Orange Kid (TV series)
 * 1997: ''As Good as It Gets as Street Hustler
 * 1998: Broken Vessels as Mike
 * 2002: Luster as Jackson

References reflist

External links

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Category:American film actors

Volapük Wikipedia
Volapük Wikipedia (in Volapük: Vükiped or Vükiped: sikloped libik meaning Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) is the Volapük language version of Wikipedia. Volapük is a constructed language created in 1879–1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest. Volapük Wikipedia has progressed very quickly becoming the second largest Wikpedia in a constructed language (conlang), and appearing in the in 100,000+ articles category. This is only surpassed by the number of articles in the Esperanto Wikipedia, another international conlang. As of July 2012, the Volapük Wikipedia had the 37th highest count of Wikipedia articles, compared to 27th for Esperanto Wikipedia. The Volapük Wikipedia was created in February 2003[1] but was launched on 27 January 2004 accoring to the main page of Wikipedia in Volapük language. As of July 2012, the Volapük Wikipedia had approximately 119,000 articles.[2] and 247,000 pages. At the same date, it had around 14,400 registered contributors including 6 administrators. 59 of the contributors were considered very active.

Gino Carlini
Gino Carlini (born June 12, 1968) is a Detroit-based music photographer.

Career He began his career in 1983 contributing music photos to Detroit's News-Herald and later on contributing to music magazines including Rolling Stone. In 1987 at the age of 18, Carlini went on tour with the band Tesla who were in support of Def Leppard's Hysteria tour. He did tour photography and was published on his first tour poster. From the late 80's onward, Carlini went on to tour with many bands and his images have graced the covers of albums and Cd Booklets. His photos have also been used in posters, tour books, guitar tab books, music photo books, video boxes etc. Magazines include Billboard, Kerrang, Metal Hammer. In 1992, well exploring the idea of also shooting Fashion. Carlini relocated to New York City.

In 2001 Carlini reunited with the band Tesla and was hired to be tour photographer on their much anticipated Replugged reunion tour. Carlini photographed and designed the packaging for their double live album titled Replugged Live, A single Disc version titled Standing Room Only was also released.

Outside the music industry, Gino Carlini also photographs architecture. His architectural photos have appeared in " From House to Home", Home & Design and Detroit Home.

Album covers and CD bookets in which his work have appeared includes a number of Tesla albums like Replugged Live, Standing Room Only, Times Making Changes and 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tesla and the Testament albums Dark Roots of Earth, The Very Best of Testament.

References reflist

External links
 * Gino Carlini Official website

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Gamma Group
Bachir Gemayel (commander in chief of the Lebanese Forces & member of the Lebanese Front) who had the ambition to be President of the Lebanese Republic, assigned Najib Fayad as the new leader of the "Gamma Group", an institution (who succeeded to Dar al-Amal, a popular committee) led by Raymond Arab (alias Moni). With the leadership of Najib Fayad, the "Gamma" was transformed into a real "think-tank" including specialists, academics & intellectuals (such as Georges Freiha - former coordinator of the popular committees and chief of staff of Bachir Gemayel presidential campaign-, Joseph Maila, Selim Jahel, Selim Catafago, Ibrahim Sahyoun & Najib Amiouni) to plan the building of a modern and strong state in all of its sectors. It was like a "shadow government" composed of eighteen branches equivalent to eighteen ministries. This group is behind the launching of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation over the airwaves of Lebanon in 1985 and the creation of Sawt Lebnen el Horr (Radio Liban Libre) in 1978. Selim Abou wrote a synthesis of the main lines of the project in his book "Béchir Gemayel ou l'Esprit d'un peuple" (p.p. 349-360).

External links
 * Liberty Front Official Website
 * Lebanese Forces Resistance Official Website
 * Najib Fayad site

Animation Zouk
Animation Zouk (نادي إحياء الرياضة) also known in Arabic as Nadi Ihya al Riyada is a Lebanese sports club most known for its long-standing basketball program. It is located at Zouk, Kesrouan, Lebanon.

Animation Zouk basketball team is part of the Lebanese Basketball League second division.

The club was founded by Elias Haboush, Toufic Khalil and Milad Khazen. The club presidents in chronological order were Nabil Naoufal, Joseph Saadeh and Wafik Mrad. The curent president (2013) is Roger Achkouty.

Lebanese Basketball League

Category:Basketball teams in Lebanon

Clear the Stage
"Clear the Stage" is a contemporary Christian music song written and performed by singer-songwriter Ross King on his album And All the Decorations, Too that was released on April 1, 2002. The main message conveyed in the song is that we need to clear the stage for God, who truly deserves it:

It also addresses what are idols in our lives that we must cast away for true belief

Covers The song has become a great success and subject of many covers by other artists.

Very notably, Christian spiritual singer Jimmy Needham picked the song as the final song of his fourth studio album also entitled Clear the Stage released on March 27, 2012.

References reflist

External links
 * Testimony of Jimmy Needham about the song

Category:Christian songs Category:2002 songs

Ross King
Ross Sullivan King is an American Contemporary Christian music artist and singer-songwriter who has written over two hundred songs which have been recorded by over one hundred different artists and/or organizations. King has released eight albums.

He is best known for the song "Clear the Stage" from his 2002 album And All the Decorations, Too, a song covered by many including Jimmy Needham in his same titled album Clear the Stage.

He once was a worship leader at the mega popular Texas A&M Bible study Breakaway. In addition he also writes the theme song every summer for Camp Olympia and has been doing so since 1996.

Discography Albums
 * 1995: Something by Sunrise
 * 1997: Sullivan's Flaw
 * 1999: Big Quiet Truth
 * 2001: To Make God Famous
 * 2002: And All the Decorations, Too
 * 2002: To Make God Famous
 * 2004: To Make God Famous Vol. 2
 * 2006: Soulspeak
 * 2008: Perhaps I've Said Too Much
 * 2009: Words that Rhyme with Orange
 * 2010: The Christmas Stories
 * 2011: God Undefeatable- EP
 * 2013: This Hope Will Guide Me

Songs
 * 2002: "Clear the Stage"

External links
 * Official site
 * Ross King on Myspace
 * Cross Rhythms artist profile
 * The Mix Lab

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Justin Clynes
Justin Clynes (born 24 July 1984) is an American model and photographer. He came in limelight after being featured in Cosmopolitan magazine as "June's Guy Without His Shirt" in 2005. Justin recently ventured into fashion photography with establishment of J Clynes Photography.

Early life

Justin Clynes was raised in Florida, along with his six siblings Christopher, Andrew, Rachelle, John, Olivia and Matthew. At the age of 19, Clynes moved to New York City in hopes of becoming a successful model. His modelling career took a start after working as a cater waiter, cocktail server and bartender in New York.

Modelling and acting career

In the beginning of his modelling career, Justin worked for big brands, including A&F, JCPenny, DKNY Underwear, Macy's, Abercrombie, Express, Arizona Jeans and Old Spice. Later on, he was featured in several magazines including the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Justin also appeared in TV shows like 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, CSI: New York and All My Children as an actor.

Clynes also appeared in Broadway shows. In 2007, he played a patron in a 2007 Broadway reproduction of The Ritz during the Roundabout Revival. He also played the role of Greg Gardner in a 2010 remake of A Chorus Line during the NETworks National Tour.

Appearances
 * Television
 * 30 Rock
 * Ugly Betty
 * CSI: New York
 * All My Children
 * Theatre
 * The Ritz as a patron
 * A Chorus Line as Greg

References Reflist

External links
 * Justin Clynes Official website
 * Justin Clynes Photography website

DEFAULTSORT:Clynes, Justin Category:American male models Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:American photographers Category:American male television actors Category:Actors from Florida Category:People from Boca Raton, Florida

Willy Monfret
Willy Monfret is a French Caribbean model, actor, DJ and athlete.

Early life He is the only child of a French mother and a French Caribbean father from the island of Guadeloupe. He was raised in Paris and studied at the French business school Ecole de Management Léonard De Vinci graduating with a Master's Degree in Management.

Sports Between 2002 and 2007, he trained as an athlete with the French national team juniors, heading towards a career as a track and field athlete in Sprint and relays particularly in 110m hurdles and 4x100 metres.

Monfret competed at Young 3 level between 2002 and 2003 and and in 2005 in INT A: 1 level with the French clubs Essonne Athletic (from 2004 to 2006 and in Are Montgeron in 2007 in events held in Spain, UK, Switzerland, Italy, Estonia and Russia. He got an injury that forced him to quit. He trained under the supervision of coached Patrick Morth - Renaud Longuèvre


 * Accolades:
 * 2001: Junior National Champion - 110m hurdles
 * 2002: Espoire 2nd National Champion - 110m hurdles
 * 2003: Espoire National Champion - 60m hurdles
 * 2003: Espoire National Champion - 110m hurdles
 * 2004: Espoire National Champion 60m hurdles
 * 2005: Senior 4 Elite National Champion 110m hurdles

Modelling career Image:Minaj in RTM video.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Willy Monfret featured in music video of Nicki Minaj's hit "Right Thru Me" When Willy was 19 he got discovered as a model. After his first shoot for WAD magazine, he got booked for Vogue and Benetton.

For his international modelling career Willy Monfret did campaigns for brands like L’Oreal, Ralph Lauren and Sean John, advertisements of Macy’s, Giordano, Carrera and he has been on the covers of GQ, PREF mag and Men's Health.

After moving to New York he was spotted by rapper and singer Nicki Minaj. Willy Monfret starred in the video clip of her song "Right Thru Me", where he played the love interest of Nicki Minaj. This clip has been released October 27, 2010 on MTV.

DJ career

During the travelling Willy Monfret discovered his interest in DJ’ing. In 2011 he released his first track "Fux" featuring GLOWINTHEDARK on the Dirty Dutch Music label. This track is also on the Dirty Dutch Ibiza 2011 album and the Ultimate Dutch Dance Anthems compilatons.

Starting as an open format DJ but switched to house later in his career. His musical style can be described as Latin house with a French/Caribbean twist.

He has opened for events during the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 and has had several residencies for example at Club Volar (Hong Kong). and Greenhouse (New York). For his DJ career he has played in several night venues for example Australia, Asia, United States of America, and South Africa, he gets his inspiration from his journeys across the globe.

Discography


 * Singles


 * Remixes


 * 2011
 * "Sexy and I Know It" – DJ Kash, Fame Luck and Willy Monfret (Booty Remix)
 * Eric Morillo vs Chuckie – Willy Monfret remix
 * Kaskade vs Congorock – Willy Monfret remix


 * 2012
 * Jaguar Drum live – Willy Monfret rework
 * Epic Conga Bootleg – DJ Kash, Fame Luck and Willy Monfret
 * Calvin Harris - "Feel So Close" – Willy Monfret (sexy bootleg)


 * 2013
 * Circus (Fame Luck & Willy Monfret) vs Rita Ora (RIP)
 * Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "Can't Hold Us" – Fame Luck & Willy Monfret remix

Ambassador

Due to his French-Caribbean father and his international status Willy Monfret was asked to be ambassador of Guadeloupe Islands. He made a short serie of 5 episodes called "Let me show you my Islands" in which he gives an insider's look at the Guadeloupe Islands.

Acting career

The 9th of January 2014, the short movie Love Bug premiered at the Tribeca Screening Room. Willy Monfret has the leading role in this movie which is made and directed by Ramazan Nanayev. In this romantic comedy Willy Monfret plays a guy who is bitten by an exotic bug and contracts a rare disease that makes him fall for every woman at first sight.

References reflist

External links
 * Soundcloud.com
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A Feast for Kings
A Feast for Kings is an American Progressive Metal band from Carrollton, Kentucky. It is made up of Eric Gentry (vocals), Seth Weigand (guitar and vocals), Kyle Phillips (guitar), Jamie King (bass) and Carson Butcher (drums). Their debut EP was Hell on Earth.

Eric Gentry, the lead singer of the band died on May 17, 2014 as a result of an industrial accident while working in a construction company. Seth Weigand, guitarist of the band said the band planned to continue making music.

Discography

EPs
 * 2013: Hell on Earth

Singles
 * 2012: "Dominion"
 * 2013: "Living Deceased"
 * 2013: "The Exposed" (feat. Kevin Lankford)
 * 2013: "React/Regret"

References reflist

External links
 * Official website
 * Facebook

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Harmony (band)
Harmony is a Swedish Christian progressive power metal band. The group formed in 2000 and released their debut album Dreaming Awake in 2003. Bassist Andreas Olsson who is also a member of Narnia, Divinefire, and Rob Rock joined the group after receiving a recommendation from Narnia and Divinefire frontman Christian Rivel. They are known for their highly melodic vocals, progressive guitar riffs, and neo-classical guitar solos. Frontman Henrik Båth is also a member of Darkwater. They are currently recording their third album, which is to be released in the next year.

Discography
 * Dreaming Awake (2003)
 * End Of My Road (EP) (2008)
 * Chapter II: Aftermath (2008)

Members
 * Current members
 * Markus Sigfridsson - Guitars
 * Tobias Enbert - Drums


 * Former members
 * Henrik Båth - Vocals
 * Andreas Olsson - Bass
 * Magnus Holmberg - Keyboard

See also
 * Divinefire
 * Narnia
 * Rob Rock

References references

External links

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Category:Christian metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Swedish power metal musical groups Category:Swedish progressive metal musical groups

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Sarah Calderwood
Sarah Calderwood is an Australian singer-songwriter flautist who unites classic with contemporary folk.

She studied playing the classical flute at an early age and had a brief stint in the musical theatre programme at Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Mackay, Australia. At 19, she joined Súnas an Australian Celtic folk group with founding members Mannie McAllister and Paul Brandon. They played over 1200 shows together, headlining Australian and international festivals and touring. As well as fronting the band on vocals, flute and whistles, in 2006 Sarah took over the management of Súnas as well. Súnas released two highly successful albums, Breath Away from Shadow (2008) and Celtic Road (2011) and a release of a concert DVD. Celtic Road charted in the ARIA Classical Top 10.

Calderwood also had her solo career. She recorded Bushes & Briars accompanied by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, she released her album As Night Falls accompanied the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Greene. The 11-track album of traditional songs included collaborations by Mike Scott (vocals), musical accompaniment by Alan Kelly on the accordion, Shane Nicholson, Bob Spencer on guitar, Lee Novak on bass, and David Jones on percussions. She was nominated for the ARIA Music Awards in its 26th edition for the category "Best World Music Album" for her album.

In 2013, she played flute and contributed vocals to The Waterboys, a traditional music collective. In 2013, she performed Australia-wide with Paul Brandon of Súnas as an acoustic music duo called The TwoCrows. Later she formed a brand new American/roots/blues band called RedCrow which is releasing a brand new album soon.

Personal life Calderwood is also a fitness fanatic, into long distance running, circuit training, boxing. She took part in fitness boot camps, including one with The Biggest Loser trainer Michelle Bridges.

Discography Albums
 * as part of Súnas
 * 2008: Breath Away from Shadow
 * 2011: Celtic Road


 * Solo
 * 2012: As Night Falls

References reflist

External links
 * Official website

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Category:Australian female singers Category:Australian songwriters Category:Australian musicians Category:Living people