Question: 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. 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? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 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

Question: Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together. They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else. They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach? They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones? They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests and throats? They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on. All they could think about was being ill or hurt. One day they went on a train journey together. "We'll need some food," Pearl said. "We'll buy some bananas," June said. "They are good to eat and always clean." And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train. It was not long before they were hungry. Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it. At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black. "Don't eat your banana," Pearl shouted at June. "Mine has made me go blind!" 1. Who was Jane's friend?
2. How much time did they spend together?
3. Were they young?
4. What did they discuss?
5. Why did they worry about their food?
6. What did they thin would happen?
7. What else were they concerned about?
8. What was their concern about pollution?
9. What kind of journey did they go on?
10. Why did everything go black when Pearl took a bite?
11. What did she think happened?
12. What did she tell June? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Pearl
2. most of their time
3. no
4. their health
5. it might not be clean
6. it give them pains
7. weather, pollution, car accidents, plane crashes, getting sick
8. it might give them pains in their chests and throats
9. train
10. the train went into a tunnel
11. she went blind
12. . Don't eat your banana

Question: (CNN) -- They were a Parisian group of artists that gave birth to the Impressionism art movement, so it is perhaps fitting that one of their devotees records the French Open with those broad brushstrokes.

Year after year, Joel Blanc makes the short pilgrimage from his Paris studio to the Stade Roland Garros for the tennis year's second grand slam, aiming to encapsulate the tournament's magic onto his canvas.

In a style reminiscent of those Impressionist forefathers, he brings to life in his paintings what he witnesses taking place in front of him on the famous red clay courts.

"When I begin the painting, I don't know exactly what will happen but I know what I want to introduce in the beginning. After, it's a story of life," he told CNN's Open Court show.

"I know how it begins, but I don't know how it finishes."

A key principle of Impressionism was to paint outdoors rather than inside a studio, so it's a style tailor-made to Blanc's own way of working.

It's an approach that has won over tennis stars such as Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal -- both fans and owners of the Frenchman's paintings -- or television companies, who invite him to cover sporting events.

Making his first visit to depict the action on the main court of Philippe Chatrier in 2004, Blanc has returned every year since, attracted by both the stadium and the French Open's allure and charm.

"Roland Garros is my favorite place," says the 68-year-old. "It's very special, it's near to my studio, I'm like a neighbor. 1. Does Blanc know how it begins?
2. What about how to finish it?
3. Does he like to paint outside?
4. What movement is painting outdoors a key principle of?
5. Versus painting where?
6. What sport is Federer famous for playing?
7. Who else is good at tennis?
8. Do Federer and Nadal dig Blanc's paintings?
9. Do they own any?
10. Who invites Blanc to come cover sporting events?
11. When did he make the first of such visits?
12. Which court was that on?
13. Has he ever come back since that first time?
14. How often?
15. Is he attracted to a woman's allure and charm?
16. What is he attracted by?
17. Is it a far pilgrimage from his studio to the Stade?
18. Is Roland Garros one of his favorite places?
19. How old is he, anyway?
20. What brush strokes does he use to record the French Open with? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes
4. Impressionism
5. inside a studio
6. Tennis
7. Rafael Nadal
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. television companies
11. 2004
12. the main court of Philippe Chatrier
13. Yes
14. Every year
15. unknown
16. both the stadium and the French Open's allure and charm
17. no
18. Yes
19. 68
20. broad brushstrokes