Q: Electronica is an umbrella term that encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, drum and bass, jungle, and industrial dance, among others. It has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles intended not just for dancing but also concentrated listening.

In North America, in the late 1990s, the mainstream music industry adopted and to some extent manufactured "electronica" as an umbrella term encompassing styles such as techno, big beat, drum and bass, trip hop, downtempo, and ambient, regardless of whether it was curated by indie labels catering to the "underground" nightclub and rave scenes, or licensed by major labels and marketed to mainstream audiences as a commercially viable alternative to alternative rock music. By the late 2000s, however, the industry abandoned "electronica" in favor of "electronic dance music" (EDM), a term with roots in academia and an increasing association with outdoor music festivals and relatively mainstream, post-rave electro house and dubstep music. Nevertheless, the U.S.-based "AllMusic" still categorises electronica as a top-level genre, stating that it includes danceable grooves, as well as music for headphones and chillout areas.

In other parts of the world, especially in the UK, "electronica" is also a broad term, but is associated with non-dance-oriented music, including relatively experimental styles of downtempo electronic music. It partly overlaps what is known chiefly outside the UK as "intelligent dance music" (IDM).

1. electronic dance music
2. broad group of electronic-based styles
3. 1990s
4. late 2000s
5. academia
6. AllMusic
7. UK
8. intelligent dance music
9. Electronica
10. techno
11. outdoor music festivals

Numbered questions:
1. What does EDM stand for?
2. What does the term Electronica encompass?
3. When did the North American mainstream music business adopt and somewhat create "electronica"?
4. When did the industry stop using the term and replace it with EDM?
5. Where does the term get its roots from?
6. Who categorizes electronica as a top-level genre?
7. Where is "electronica" associated with non-dance-oriented music?
8. What is IDM?
9. What name has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles?
10. What is one of the music styles of "electronica"?
11. What does electronica have an increasing association with?

Q: Myspace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. It is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

Myspace was acquired by News Corporation in July 2005 for $580 million. From 2005 to 2008, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world, and in June 2006 surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States. In April 2008, Myspace was overtaken by Facebook in the number of unique worldwide visitors, and was surpassed in the number of unique U.S. visitors in May 2009, though Myspace generated $800 million in revenue during the 2008 fiscal year. Since then, the number of Myspace users has declined steadily in spite of several redesigns. As of March 2017, Myspace was ranked 3,178 by total Web traffic, and 1,650 in the United States.

Myspace had a significant influence on pop culture and music and created a gaming platform that launched the successes of Zynga and RockYou, among others. Despite an overall decline, in 2015 Myspace still had 50.6 million unique monthly visitors and has a pool of nearly 1 billion active and inactive registered users.

In June 2009, Myspace employed approximately 1,600 employees. In June 2011, Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake jointly purchased the company for approximately $35 million. On February 11, 2016 it was announced that Myspace and its parent company had been bought by Time Inc.

1. a social networking website
2. Time Inc.
3. February 11, 2016
4. From 2005 to 2008
5. News Corporation
6. $580 million
7. No
8. Facebook
9. Hills, California
10. unknown
11. Yes
12. pop culture and music
13. Zynga and RockYou
14. nearly 1 billion active and inactive registered users

Numbered questions:
1. What is myspace?
2. Who owns it?
3. Since when?
4. When was it the largest social site?
5. Who owned it at that time?
6. How much did they pay for it?
7. Are they still the largest?
8. Who is?
9. Where are they located now?
10. How much did Time pay?
11. Did they influence anything?
12. What?
13. What companies did they help launch?
14. How big was their pool in 2015?

Q: CHAPTER XI

A CALL FROM THE STERN

For the instant after Tom slipped over the side of the _Golden Wave_, Dan Baxter was too dazed to do more than stare at the spot where he had last seen the boy with whom he had been struggling.

"Gone!" he muttered presently. "Gone!" he repeated and crouched back in the darkness.

The great beads of perspiration came to his brow as he heard rapid footsteps approaching. Would he be accused of sending Tom Rover to his death?

"What's the trouble?" came in the voice of Captain Blossom.

Instead of answering, Dan Baxter crept still further back. Then, watching his chance, he darted into the forecastle.

"Hullo, the rail is broken!" he heard the captain exclaim. "Bring a lantern here, quick!"

A sailor came running with a lantern, which lit up the narrow circle of the deck near the rail and part of the sea beyond.

"Somebody gave a cry," said the captain, to those who began to gather. "Looks to me as if the rail gave way and let somebody overboard."

"Tom Rover was on deck," came from old Jerry. "Do you reckon as how it was him?"

"I don't know. It was somebody, that's certain. Call all hands at once."

This was done, and Dan Baxter had to come out with the rest. He was pale and trembled so he could scarcely stand.

"All here," said Captain Blossom. "Must have been one of the Rover boys or one of the young ladies."

1. the rai
2. Tom
3. Rover
4. Jerry
5. no
6. the captain
7. Golden Wave
8. he heard footsteps approaching
9. he would be accused of killing Tom
10. all hands
11. all hands
12. no
13. the Rover boys or the young ladies.

Numbered questions:
1. What is broken?
2. who went over the side?
3. Surname?
4. Who said he had been on deck?
5. is he a young man?
6. who was examining the rail?
7. what's his ship's name?
8. Why was Dan sweating?
9. why was that bad?
10. what did the capt need to see?
11. after the lantern, what else did the capt want on deck?
12. were any missing?
13. which 2 groups must be missing someone?