The BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, commonly known as the British Phonographic Industry or BPI, is the British recorded music industry's trade association.

Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all three "major" record companies in the UK (Warner Music UK, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group), and hundreds of independent music labels and small to medium-sized music businesses.

It has represented the interests of British record companies since being formally incorporated in 1973 when the principal aim was to promote British music and fight copyright infringement.

In 2007, the association's legal name was changed from British Phonographic Industry Limited (The).

It founded the annual BRIT Awards for the British music industry in 1977, and, later, The Classic BRIT Awards. The organizing company, BRIT Awards Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the BPI that has donated almost 15m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989. In September 2013, the BPI presented the first ever BRITs Icon Award to Sir Elton John. The BPI also endorsed the launch of the Mercury Prize for the Album of the Year in 1992.

The recorded music industry's Certified Awards program, which attributes Platinum, Gold and Silver status to singles, albums and music videos (Platinum and Gold only) based on their sales performance (see BPI Certified Awards program), has been administered by the BPI since its inception in 1973. In September 2008, the BPI became one of the founding members of UK Music, an umbrella organisation representing the interests of all parts of the industry. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what does BPI stand for?
2. What does its membership consist of?
3. where?
4. how many major companies does it include?
5. Name one please?
6. and another?
7. and the last one?
8. did it change its name?
9. to what?
10. from what?
11. when?
12. what did it found?
13. when?
14. and later?
15. What is BRIT Awards part of?
16. Where do the proceeds go?
17. how much has been donated?
Answer: 1. British Recorded Music Industry
2. music companies
3. in the UK
4. three
5. Sony Music Entertainment
6. Warner Music UK
7. Universal Music Group
8. yes
9. British Recorded Music Industry
10. British Phonographic Industry Limited
11. 2007
12. the BRIT Awards
13. 1977
14. The Classic BRIT Awards
15. BRIT Awards Limited and BPI
16. charity
17. almost 15m

Attorney General Eric Holder is not entirely ruling out a scenario under which a drone strike would be ordered against Americans on U.S. soil, but says it has never been done previously and he could only see it being considered in an extraordinary circumstance.

He began to winnow the list of those possible extraordinary circumstances Wednesday. In testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pressed Holder whether he believed it would be constitutional to target an American terror suspect "sitting at a cafe" if the suspect didn't pose an imminent threat.

"No," Holder replied.

But he also said the government has no intention of carrying out drone strikes inside the United States. Echoing what he said in a letter to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, he called the possibility of domestic drone strikes "entirely hypothetical."

That letter, released Tuesday, was prompted by questions raised over the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Specifically, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee sought the Obama administration's legal rationale for its use of drones to kill terror suspects overseas.

But Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who has said he would do what he could to hold up Brennan's nomination until he got a full answer to his query, wanted to know whether the administration considered that policy applicable domestically.

Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible

In a letter to Paul dated on Monday, Holder said it was possible, "I suppose," to imagine an "extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate" under U.S. law for the president to authorize the military to "use lethal force" within the United States. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was testifying?
2. Who is he?
3. What was he testifying about?
4. What type of strikes are being discusseds
5. Who would they be against?
6. Who questioned him?
7. What's his job?
8. and his political party?
9. Who questioned the man testifying?
10. what's his job
11. where's he from
Answer: 1. Eric Holder
2. Attorney General
3. Drone strikes
4. against Americans
5. Americans on U.S. soil
6. the Senate Judiciary Committee
7. Attorney General
8. Republican
9. Sen. Ted Cruz
10. Senator
11. Texas

LONDON--A morning's train ride away, across the Channel, English kids talk about Liverpool's soccer team in aprefix = st1 /Parispub. Some Parisians have even started to go to work in London. In the 19thcentury, Charles Dickens compared the two great rival cities, London and Paris, in "A Tale of Two Cities." These days, it might be A Tale of One City. Parisians are these days likely to smile in sympathy at a visitor's broken French and respond in polite English. As jobs grew lack at home over recent years, perhaps 250,000 Frenchmen moved across the Channel. With an undersea tunnel, they could travel between cities in three hours. The European Union freed them from immigration and customs. Paris, rich in beauty, is more attractive. But Londonfeels more full of life, and more fun until the pubs shut down. "For me, the difference is that Londonis real, alive," said Trevor Wheeler, a banker. Chantal Jaouen, a professional designer, agrees. "I am French, but I'll stay in London," she said. There is, of course, the other view. Julie Lenoux is a student who moved to Londontwo years ago. "I think people laugh more inParis," she said. In fact, London and Paris, with their obvious new similarities, are beyond the cold descriptions. As the European Union gradually loosened controls, Londoners _ intoParisto shop, eat and buy property. "Both cities have changed beyond recognition." Said Larry Collins, a writer and sometimes a Londoner. Like most people who know both well, he finds the two now fit together comfortably. "I first fell in love with Parisin the 1950s, and it is still a wonderful place," Collins said. "But if I had to choose, it would be London. Things are so much more ordered, and life is better." But certainly not cheaper. In fancy parts of London, rents can be twice those on Avenue Foch in Paris. Deciding between London and Parisrequires a lifestyle choice. Like Daphne Benoit, a French journalism student with perfect English, many young people are happy to be close enough so they don't have to choose. "I love Paris, my little neighborhood, the way I can walk around a centre, but life is so structured," she said. "InLondon, you can be who you want. No one cares." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How long does it take to take the tunnel between Paris and London?
2. Does one need to go through customs when traveling between the two?
3. Does the tunnel go through the Alps?
4. What are bars known as in London?
5. Does Chantal Jaouen prefer London or Paris?
6. What is Trevor Wheeler's occupation?
7. Does everyone agree that London is preferred?
8. Who has a different opinion?
9. Is she a soccer player?
10. Why does she like Paris more?
11. Does she live in Paris?
12. Can you purchase property in Paris if you're not French?
13. What does Larry Collins do for a living?
14. Has he been going to Paris for a long time?
15. Does he believe Paris has more order than London?
16. If money were an issue, where would be better in your opinion?
17. Would Avenue Foch be half the cost of a fancy London neighborhood?
18. What languages can Daphne Benoit speak?
19. Which author wrote a novel with Paris and London as the backdrop?
20. What was the book?
Answer:
1. three hours
2. no
3. no
4. pubs
5. London
6. banker
7. no
8. Julie Lenoux
9. unknown
10. She said "I think people laugh more inParis,"
11. no
12. yes
13. He is a writer
14. yes
15. no
16. Paris
17. yes
18. French and English
19. Charles Dickens
20. "A Tale of Two Cities."