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DeFarfalla and Pettersson left Opeth after their next two shows and Peter Lindgren joined to play electric guitar.
Isberg quit in 1992 and joined the band Liars in Wait.
Now, Opeth only had Åkerfeldt singing, Nordin on bass guitar and Lindgren on electric guitar.
These three members began writing new songs sounding less like typical death metal, and started using acoustic guitars and guitar harmonies, making Opeth a more progressive death metal band.
Johan DeFarfalla began playing bass guitar again for Opeth and these four members recorded their first album, Orchid.
Orchid, Morningrise, and My Arms, Your Hearse (1994–1998)
After touring the United Kingdom Opeth began to record their second album, Morningrise.
The album had only five songs but was 66 minutes long.
Morningrise was a big success, and the band toured the UK and Scandinavia playing songs from both albums.
They signed a contract with Century Media, who re-released these two albums again in 1997.
After the tour, Åkerfeldt and Lindgren fired DeFarfalla for personal reasons, which made Nordin, who was on a vacation in Brazil, leave the band and stay in Brazil.
Martin Lopez, who played for Amon Amarth, joined Opeth in 1997 as well as bassist Martin Mendez just before recording their third album, My Arms, Your Hearse.
However, Åkerfeldt had to play bass on some songs from My Arms, Your Hearse.
The album was released on August 18, 1998, and was another big success.
The album focused less on guitar harmonies and more on progressive metal riffs.
Still Life and Blackwater Park (1999-2001)
In 1999, Opeth signed with UK label Peaceville Records in Europe, which was distributed by Music For Nations.
Opeth began work on their next album, but because of delays, the band was only able to rehearse twice before recording the album.
Eventually, Still Life was released on October 18, 1999 (not in the United States until February 2001)).
Still Life was the first album recorded with Mendez, and was also the first Opeth album to have the band's logo on the front cover.
Still Life is a concept album, and Åkerfeldt explains that the album is about someone who "is kind of banished from his hometown because he hasn't got the same faith as the rest of the inhabitants there.
The album pretty much starts off when he is returning after several years to hook up with his old 'babe'.
The big bosses of the town know that he's back... A lot of bad things start happening."
After a few live shows in Europe, Opeth returned to work on their next album, with Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson producing. "
This time it was tough", Åkerfeldt said, "I feel pleasantly blown away by the immense result, though.
It was indeed worth the effort."
Wilson also pushed the band to use new sounds and production techniques. "
Steve guided us into the realms of 'strange' noises for guitars and voice", Åkerfeldt said.
Opeth released its fifth studio album, Blackwater Park, on February 21, 2001.
This release encouraged Opeth to go on their first world tour, headlined Europe and playing to a crowd of 60,000 at the 2001 Wacken Open Air festival in Germany.
Deliverance and Damnation (2002-2004)
After touring in support of Blackwater Park, Opeth returned home and began writing for the next album, but Åkerfeldt had trouble coming up with new material: "I wanted to write something heavier than we'd ever done, still I had all these great mellow parts and arrangements which I didn't want to go to waste."
Jonas Renkse of Katatonia, a long-time friend of Åkerfeldt, suggested writing music for two separate albums—one heavy and one soft.
Excited about the idea, Åkerfeldt agreed without asking his bandmates or record label.
While his bandmates liked the idea of recording two separate albums, Åkerfeldt had to convince the label: "I had to lie somewhat... saying that we could do this recording very soon, it won't cost more than a regular single album".
With most of the material written, the band rehearsed just once before entering the studio, again with producer Steven Wilson in Studio Fredman.
Under pressure to complete both albums at the same time, Åkerfeldt said the recording process was "the toughest test of our history."
After recording basic tracks, the band moved production to England to mix the heavy album, Deliverance, with Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios. "
Deliverance was so badly recorded, without any organisation whatsoever," Åkerfeldt claimed, that Sneap "is credited as a 'saviour' in the sleeve, as he surely saved much of the recording."
Deliverance was released on November 4, 2002, and debuted at number 19 on the US Top Independent Albums chart, marking the band's first US chart appearance.
Allmusic stated, "Deliverance is altogether more subtle than any of its predecessors, approaching listeners with haunting nuances and masterful dynamics rather than overwhelming them with sheer mass and complexity."
Opeth played a single concert in Stockholm, then returned to the UK to finish recording vocals for the second of the two albums, Damnation, at Steve Wilson's No Man's Land Studios.
Although Åkerfeldt first believed the band could not finish both albums, Opeth completed Deliverance and Damnation in just seven weeks of studio time, which was the same amount spent on Blackwater Park alone.
Damnation was released on April 14, 2003, and gained the band its first appearance on the US Billboard 200 at number 192.
The album also won the band a 2003 Swedish Grammy Award for "Best Hard Rock Performance".
The band launched its biggest tour yet, playing nearly 200 shows in 2003 and 2004.
Opeth performed three special shows in Europe with two song lists each—one acoustic set and one heavy set.
The band recorded its first DVD, Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003, at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London.
The DVD featured a two-hour performance, including the entire Damnation album, as well as several songs from Deliverance and Blackwater Park, and a one-hour documentary about the recording of Deliverance and Damnation.
The DVD was certified Gold in Canada.
Opeth was scheduled to perform in Jordan in late 2003 without a crew due to the fear of terrorist attacks in the Middle East.
Opeth's tour manager distributed 6,000 tickets for the concert, but before the band left for Jordan, Lopez called Åkerfeldt saying he was having an anxiety attack and could not perform, forcing the band to cancel the show.
In early 2004, Lopez was sent home from Canada after more anxiety attacks on tour.
Opeth decided not to cancel the rest of the tour, and Lopez's drum tech filled in for two concerts.
Opeth asked drummer Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad to fill in.
Lopez eventually returned to Opeth for the Seattle show on the final leg of the Deliverance and Damnation tour.
Per Wiberg also joined the band on keyboards, and after more than a year on tour, Opeth went back home to start writing more new songs in 2004.
Ghost Reveries (2005-2007)
Opeth's European label, Music for Nations, closed its doors in 2005 and the band signed with Roadrunner Records.
After writing material for their eighth album in late 2004, the band rehearsed for three weeks before entering the studio, the first time they rehearsed since the 1998 album, My Arms, Your Hearse.
Opeth recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden, from March 18 to June 1, 2005, and released the album Ghost Reveries on August 30, 2005, again to critical and commercial success.
The album debuted at number 64 in the US, and number nine in Sweden, higher than any other Opeth release.
Keith Bergman of Blabbermouth.net gave the album 10 out of 10, one of only 17 albums to achieve a perfect rating from the site.
On May 12, 2006, Martin Lopez announced that he had officially parted ways with Opeth due to health problems, and he was replaced by Martin Axenrot.
Opeth toured on the main stage of Gigantour in 2006, alongside Megadeth.
Ghost Reveries was re-released on October 31, 2006, with a bonus cover version of Deep Purple's "Soldier of Fortune" and a DVD of the making of the album.
A recording of Opeth's live performance at the Camden Roundhouse, in London, on November 9, 2006, was later released as the double live album The Roundhouse Tapes.
On May 17, 2007, Peter Lindgren stated he was leaving Opeth after 16 years. "
The decision has been the toughest I've ever made but it is the right one to make at this point in my life," Lindgren said. "
I feel that I simply have lost some of the enthusiasm and inspiration needed to participate in a band that has grown from a few guys playing the music we love to a worldwide industry."
Ex-Arch Enemy guitarist Fredrik Åkesson replaced Lindgren, as Åkerfeldt explained, "Fredrik was the only name that popped up thinking about a replacement for Peter.
In my opinion he's one of the top three guitar players out of Sweden.
We all get along great as we've known each other for maybe four years and he already has the experience to take on the circus-like lifestyle we lead as members of Opeth."
Watershed (2008-Present)
In November 2007, after nearly 200 performances in support of Ghost Reveries, Opeth entered Fascination Street Studios with Åkerfeldt producing.
By January 2008, Opeth had recorded 13 songs, including three cover songs.
The finished album, Watershed, was released on June 3, 2008, and has seven tracks with cover songs included as bonus tracks on some versions.
The album has since debuted at number 23 on the US Billboard 200, making it their highest-charting album yet.
It enjoyed success in many other countries as well, entering the Australian ARIA album charts at number seven, while debuting at number one on Finland's official album chart.
Opeth planned extensive touring in support of Watershed, but some shows in Europe had to be cancelled because of some music festival cancellations and Åkerfeldt coming down with chicken pox.
On January 25, 2009, Opeth played their first show in India at IIT Madras's cultural festival Saarang.
On March 06, 2009 the band played in the Middle East at the annual Dubai Desert Rock Festival in Dubai.
On March 26, 2009 it was announced that Opeth would take part in the first European Progressive Nation tour with bands Dream Theater, Bigelf and Unexpect.
On April 24, 2009, Opeth headlined the first day of Metal Hammer Magazine's first UK metal music festival HammerFest.
Mikael Åkerfeldt began writing for Opeth's tenth studio album sometime of September 2010 along with Fredrik Åkesson (who co-wrote one song).
The band recorded the album titled "Heritage" between 31 January-21 February 2011 and released on 14 September 2011 in Japan, following other release dates in various parts of the world.
Musical styles and influences
Although he was not the founder of the band, Mikael Åkerfeldt is the only member to appear on every release.
He is Opeth's main songwriter and lyricist and has defined much of the band's sound.
Åkerfeldt was influenced at a young age by heavy metal bands such as Slayer, Death, Black Sabbath, Celtic Frost, King Diamond and Morbid Angel.
Åkerfeldt was later influenced by progressive rock and folk music, both of which had a strong impact on the sound of the band.
Opeth's distinct sound combines elements of heavy metal with acoustic passages and elements of progressive metal and progressive rock.
Åkerfeldt commented on the diversity of Opeth's music:
I don't see the point of playing in a band and going just one way when you can do everything.
It would be impossible for us to play just death metal; that is our roots, but we are now a mishmash of everything, and not purists to any form of music.
It's impossible for us to do that, and quite frankly I would think of it as boring to be in a band that plays just metal music.
We're not afraid to experiment, or to be caught with our pants down, so to speak.
That's what keeps us going.
Opeth's earlier works often made use of twin-guitar harmonies, but they were abandoned in the band's later work. "
I got tired of it, the whole harmony guitar thing", Åkerfeldt said. "
It got out of hand in the mid-90s.
Every band was doing that thing."
Most of the band's songs exceed 10 minutes in length, which Aaron Burgess of Alternative Press magazine criticized, stating, "you can't really be a casual Opeth fan.
It takes enough as a listener just to get past the band's epic song lengths.
"<ref>{{cite web |author=Burgess, Aaron |url=http://altpress.com/reviews/93.htm |title=Opeth – Ghost reveries |publisher=Altpress.com |accessdate=2009-04-19 |archive-date=2013-02-11 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EM2r1dop?url=http://altpress.com/reviews/93.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Vocally, Åkerfeldt shifts between growling death metal vocals for heavy sections, and clean, sometimes whispered vocals over acoustic passages.
While death growls were dominant on the early albums, later releases used more clean vocals, such the 2003 release Damnation which had only clean singing.
The band's lyrics often reflect a bleak outlook on life, with subjects such as failed relationships, nature, death, and depression.
Some of the band's albums also have a consistent theme or concept throughout, such as Still Life and My Arms, Your Hearse.
The songs were put together as one continual piece, with the last word or phrase of each song becoming the title of the next.
Mikael Åkerfeldt: lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, bass (1990–present)
Martin Mendez: bass (1997–present)
Martin "Axe" Axenrot: drums, percussion (2006–present)
Fredrik Åkesson: rhythm and lead guitars (2007–present)
Joakim Svalberg: keyboards, mellotron, backing vocals (2011–present)
Nick Döring: bass (1991)
Andreas Dimeo: rhythm guitars (1990)
Kim Pettersson: rhythm guitars (1990)
David Isberg: lead vocals (1990–1992)
Mattias Ander: bass (1992)
Stefan Guteklint: bass (1992–1993)
Johan DeFarfalla: bass, backing vocals (1990, 1994–1996)
Anders Nordin: drums, percussion (1990–1997)
Martin Lopez: drums, percussion (1997–2006)
Peter Lindgren: bass at first live performance, lead and rhythm guitars (1991–2007)
Per Wiberg: keyboards (2005-2011) session member (2003-2004)
In Cauda Venenum (2019)
Lamentations: Live at Shepherd Bush Empire 2003 (2006)
The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
The Devil's Orchard (Live At Rock Hard Festival 2009) (2011)
Lamentations Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire (2016)
Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (2018)
Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush (2003)
The Roundhouse Tapes (2008)
In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2010)
Live at Enmore Theatre Sidney Australia (2011)
"Windowpane" (2003)
"The Grand Conjuration" (2005)
"Bleak" (2008)
"Porcelain Heart" (2008)
"Burden" (2008)
Opeth Box Set (2006)
The Candlelight Years (2008)
The Wooden Box (2009)
The Collection (2014)
Deliverance & Damnation'' (2014)
Opeth at MySpace
Opeth at Allmusic
It Won't Be Soon Before Long is the second studio album by American pop rock group Maroon 5.
It was released under A&M/Octone Records on May 22, 2007 in the United States.
It debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart and on the Billboard Digital Albums chart.
The lead single off the album "Makes Me Wonder" was released on March 27, 2007 and peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
The album includes other singles such as "Wake Up Call", "Won't Go Home Without You", "If I Never See Your Face Again", and "Goodnight Goodnight."
Original track list
"If I Never See Your Face Again"
"Little of Your Time"
"Nothing Lasts Forever"
"Can't Stop"
"Not Falling Apart"
"Kiwi"
"Better That We Break"
"Back At Your Door"
"Infatuation"
"Miss You Love You"
"The Way I Was"
"Until You're Over Me"
Bonus track list
The B-Side Collection
"Story" - 4:33
"Miss You Love You" - 3:10
"Until You're Over Me" - 3:15
"Losing My Mind" - 3:20
"The Way I Was" - 4:18
"Figure It Out" - 2:59
"Infatuation" - 4:26
Reissue
An expanded version of It Won't Be Soon Before Long was issued on June 29, 2008 in Australia and July 8, 2008 for the rest of the world.
The album has the 12 original tracks from the original version, plus a bonus DVD with four music videos and a full concert recorded on June 13, 2007 in Montreal.
The Background
A chorus from the song called "Nothing Lasts Forever" (the 7th track off It Won't Be Soon Before Long) was featured in a song by Kanye West.
The Kayne West song, featuring the lead singer Adam Levine, was called "Heard 'Em Say".
It was released in 2005 on the album Late Registration.
The first track off the album, called "If I Never See Your Face Again", was released as a remix in May, 2008.
This track had been worked on with help from Rihanna.
The song turned out to be a music video and ranked #51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
A&M Records albums
"Makes Me Wonder" is the lead single off the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long by American rock band Maroon 5.
The single hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April of 2007.
The single was released on March 27, 2007 for digital download and was released for radio mainstream on April 1, 2007.
The song was produced by Matt Wallace and Mark Endert.
The video was shot at the Los Angeles International Airport.
The video features the band on an airplane.
"Wake Up Call" is the second single off the second studio album by Maroon 5 called It Won't Be Soon Before Long.
The song is also the 4th track on the album.
The music video deals with the band committing crimes and Levine acting as a murderer because of the murder of his girlfriends ex-boyfriend.
Mark Ronson remix
A remix version of the song was released in 2007 by Mark Ronson.
The remix song was originally released on iTunes Store on November 13th, 2007.
The song later appeared in the hit remix album by Maroon 5 called Call and Response: The Remix Album.
EMI was a music company based in London and New York.
It is in charge of a record label, EMI Music.
EMI is one of the "big four" record labels; labels not part of the "big four" are called independent.
It started in 1931, when it was called "Electric and Music Industries".
In 1957, it took over Capitol Records, an American record company.
In 1962, The Beatles signed a contract with EMI's Parlophone Records, and they became the company's most successful musicians.
The Beatles made nearly all their recordings at Abbey Road Studios, EMI's main recording studios in London.
In 1992, EMI bought Virgin Records, which had been owned by Richard Branson.
It almost bought Universal Records in 1998, also.
In 2007, EMI was taken over by a group called Terra Firma, after it said no to a bid from Warner Music Group.
In 2012, Universal Music Group bought EMI, but the European Commission told Universal to sell some of EMI's record labels.
Parlophone, the oldest EMI label, was sold to Warner Music Group; while BMG bought Mute Records.
EMI's music publishing business was sold to a group that included Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
EMI website
The menstrual cycle is a process that adult  women can go through.
The menstrual cycle for a woman will repeat every 28 days while they are not pregnant.
During this time, the women's ovaries create a mature ovum (egg).
Then the woman's body prepares for pregnancy by thickening the walls of the uterus.
If the woman does not become pregnant during this time, the egg and the lining of the uterus come out of the woman's body during menstruation.
The menstrual cycle process is controlled by four major hormones: FSH (follicle stimulating hormone); LH (luteinising hormone); estrogen; and progesterone.
These hormones prepare the uterus to receive a fertilized egg and control its development.
The menstrual cycle has three stages: the Follicular stage, Ovulation, and the Luteal (or premenstrual) stage.
The cycle will stop if the woman gets pregnant (if a fertilized egg implants itself into the lining of the uterus).
Follicular Stage
This stage is the start of the menstrual cycle, and is counted as day one of the cycle.
This stage starts when the amount of progesterone and estrogen in a woman's blood drop.
This causes the endometrium - the thick lining of the uterus - to leave the woman's body through menstruation.
It will appear as bleeding from the vagina.
This stage lasts from 4–6 days.
At the start of this stage, the pituitary gland will begin to release more FSH.
This will continue for 3-4 days.
The FSH makes several follicles grow in one of the ovaries.
Each follicle contains an immature ova (egg).
These follicles create estrogen.
Usually, the amount of FSH in the body peaks during the third or fourth day of menstruation.
All but one of the follicles dies off.
The one that is left releases even more estrogen.
Once again, the lining of the uterus thickens.
Near the end of the stage, a woman's estrogen levels peak.
This causes the pituitary gland to release LH, which also peaks at this time.
Ovulation happens roughly every 14 days.
This is when the mature egg is released into the oviduct (or fallopian tube) ready for fertilisation.
Ovulation happens if there is both a rise in estrogen and a peak in LH at the end of the follicular stage.
The rising levels of LH make the ovum mature.
The follicle that contains the ovum swells and breaks open.
(In the next stage, the leftover cells of the follicle turn into an important structure called the corpus luteum.)
The ovum is released into the Fallopian tube.
Luteal Stage
The follicle cells that used to hold the ovum now release progesterone into the body.
This causes the endometrium to get even thicker.
If an ovum is going to be fertilized, it happens during this step.
A woman becomes pregnant when a man's sperm fertilizes one of her ova, which then plants itself into the lining of the uterus.
If fertilized
If the ovum is fertilized during Ovulation, it will become a zygote.
It will start to copy itself over and over again through mitosis.
It will also move from the ovarian duct into the uterus.
The levels of estrogen and progesterone in the body remain high.
The zygote grows into an embryo and implants itself into the endometrium tissue of the uterus.
This forms a placenta, which starts to mature.
After fertilization, the menstrual cycle stops so the embryo can continue to mature for the next 9 months.
Progesterone and estrogen levels will stay high until the fetus is ready to be birthed.
If not fertilized
Until around day 22, estrogen levels increase a little.
However, after day 22, the corpus luteum stops making progesterone, and the levels of both progesterone and estrogen in the body start to drop.
The amount of progesterone and estrogen in the body are at their lowest around the 28th day of the menstrual cycle.
other websites
What is Follicular Study and how does it work?
Use of a follicular study
"Won't Go Home Without You" is the third single off the album by pop-rock band Maroon 5 called It Won't Be Soon Before Long.
The song is also the 5th track on the album.
The music video for the song has to do with Adam Levine (lead singer) trying to get one more chance for his ex-girlfriend to come back to him, but she was already taken by another man.
Chart Rankings
"Won't Go Home Without You" peaked #1 in Israel, #16 in Canada's Hot 100, and #3 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40.
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English businessman.
He is the chairman of the Virgin Group, a group of companies including Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Records.
Branson started Virgin people, a private company that is trying to get people in space.
According to Forbes, Branson was the 245th richest person in the world in 2008.
Branson is adventurous and has sporting achievements, he flew around the world in a Hot air balloon where he nearly got killed.
On 11 July 2021, Branson flew to space, reaching a peak altitude of  as part of a test flight for his company, Virgin Galactic.
The mission lasted approximately one hour.
Richard Branson did not attend college.
Branson started his career
by setting up a mail order record business.
He opened a chain of record stores called Virgin Records later known as Virgin Megastores in the year 1972.
Branson has been diagnosed with Dyslexia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
He lives on an island called Necker, he owns this island in the Caribbean.
He was born in Blackheath, London, England.
The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (also called SUNY Downstate Medical Center), is a medical center in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
It teaches medical students and has a teaching hospital.
Brooklyn College B.A.-M.D. Program
Hospitals in the United States
Buildings and structures in New York City
"If I Never See Your Face Again" is the fourth single by Maroon 5.
The song is the first track on the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long.
The song was remixed to feature Rihanna.
The music video takes place in what looks like a 19th century room while Rihanna and Levine seem to be arguing over a romantic relationship.
"If I Never See Your Face Again" was performed at Quebec to be the opening song of the live album by Maroon 5 called Live from Le Cabaret.
The song was not performed in its single version (with Rihanna).
Polonium, a chemical element
Po, the hero of the movie Kung Fu Panda
Po (Teletubby), one of the Teletubbies
Pô, a town in Burkina Faso
Po, Asturias or Poo (until 2005), a parish of Llanes municipality, in Asturias, Spain
Po River, in Italy
Po River (Virginia), in the U.S. state of Virginia
.po, an abbreviation of Portable Object and filename extension of text translation files used in software localization
Po' boy (from "Poor Boy"), a type of submarine sandwich from New Orleans
an abbreviation for Chamber pot
Po!,
an indie band from Leicester
Sally Po, a fictional character in the Anime series, "Gundam Wing"
pò (魄), the material manifestation of the soul according to Chinese belief
PO postcode area centred on Portsmouth in the UK
In Armed services:
Petty Officer, a Non-Commissioned Officer rank in many navies
Pilot Officer, a junior commissioned rank the British and many Commonwealth air forces
In Aviation, Polar Air Cargo, IATA airline designator
Petrol Ofisi, Turkish petroleum distribution company
Pareto optimality
Principal Only, a type of collateralized mortgage obligation
Perfect Orange, a third wave ska band
Presiding Officer
Parole/Probation officer
In medicine, per os or per orem, literally "by mouth", a direction to take a medication by mouth
In philosophy, Provocative operation, coined by Edward De Bono and part of a Lateral thinking technique
Platforma Obywatelska, a Polish conservative-liberal party
Pô (department), part of the Napoleonic Empire
In Science and Technology:
Pilkington Optronics, now Thales Optronics
Product Owner in the Scrum development process
Specimen code, collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg
Petaoctet, a unit of information or computer storage
In transportation, Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans, an old railway created to link Paris to Orléans
Po, A Fracción of Barragan from the anime and manga series Bleach
Goodnight Goodnight is the fifth single by pop-rock band Maroon 5 on the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long.
The song was released August 2008.
The song is also the 8th track off the album.
The music video was releasd August 21st, 2008.
The video deals with a "before and after" sequence of a relationship between Levine and his girlfriend, Bailey.
In the "before" part she was beautiful and in the "after" one they set apart, but he is still in love with her.
"If I Never See Your Face Again" (2008)
"Goodnight Goodnight" (2008)
Gavin DeGraw (born February 1977) is an American rock singer-songwriter.
He has released major singles like "I Don't Want to Be", "Chariot", and "In Love with a Girl".
He has released 2 studio albums, and 1 live indie release album.
"I Don't Want to Be" (from the album Chariot) (2004)
"Chariot" (from the album Chariot) (2005)
"Follow Through" (from the album Chariot) (2005)
"We Belong Together" (from the album Chariot) (2006)
"In Love with a Girl" (from the album Gavin DeGraw)
"Next to Me" (from the album Gavin DeGraw (album))
"Chariot" (2004)
"Gavin DeGraw" (2008)
"Just Friends" (from the album Chariot)
"(Nice to Meet You) Anyway" (from the album Chariot)
"Belief" (from the album Chariot)
"Over-Rated" (from the album Chariot)
"I Don't Want to Be" is the debut single by Gavin DeGraw on his first album Chariot.
The single was released in 2004.
The song is in the Alternative rock genre.
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 gave the single "I Don't Wanna Be" a ranking of #10, U.K. Singles Chart gave the single a ranking of #32, and Dutch Singles Chart ranked it at #9.
"I Don't Wanna Be" (2004)
"Follow Through" (2004)
"Chariot" (2005)
Chariot is an album by rock singer Gavin DeGraw.
The album features singles "I Don't Want to Be", "Chariot", and "Follow Through".
The album was released in 2004.
Chariot also was re-released in 2005 as a live acoustic album.
Original Album version
"Follow Through" - 3:59
"Chariot" - 3:59
"Just Friends" - 3:25
"(Nice to Meet You) Anyway" - 3:45
"Chemical Party" - 3:01
"Belief" - 4:27
"Crush" - 3:25
"I Don't Want to Be" - 3:37
"Meaning" - 3:35
"More Than Anyone" - 3:25
"Over-Rated" - 4:01
This article is about the mode of transport, for the album see Chariot (album)
A chariot is a type of transport used by many ancient civilisations and people.
A chariot is horse-drawn, meaning that is pulled along by horses.
A person who rides a chariot is called a charioteer.
Ancient Greek myths says that Poseidon, god of the sea, and Athena, goddess of wisdom, created the chariot together.
Poseidon created the horses like waves, and Athena made the chariot.
The two gods worked together.
It can also be shown as the amount of products/services sold ('unit sales volume') by a company  divided by the total volume sold to all the consumers in that market.
Increasing market share is one of the most important objectives in business.
The main advantage of using market share is that it removes the effects of industry-wide macroenvironmental variables such as the state of the economy, or changes in tax policy.
For example, if you were one of only two psychiatrists in Chicago, then it would not matter how bad the economy was because you would always have a huge slice of the consumer-base "pie" for your service.
If your service was less needed, then advertising more would help increase your market share.
In finance a share is a unit of account for various financial instruments including stocks, mutual funds, limited partnerships, and REIT's.
In British English, the usage of the word share alone to refer solely to stocks is so common that it almost replaces the word stock itself.
In simple words, a share or stock is a document issued by a company, which entitles its holder to be one of the owners of the company.
A share is issued by a company or can be purchased from the stock market.
By owning a share you can earn a portion and selling shares you get capital gain.
So, your return is the dividend plus the capital gain.
However, you also run a risk of making a capital loss if you have sold the share at a price below your buying price.
A company's stock price reflects what investors think about the stock, not necessarily what the company is "worth."
For example, companies that are growing quickly often trade at a higher price than the company might currently be "worth."
Stock prices are also affected by all forms of company and market news.
Publicly traded companies are required to report quarterly on their financial status and earnings.
Market forces and general investor opinions can also affect share price.
Owning a stock or a share means you are a partial owner of the company, and you get voting rights in certain company issues
Over the long run, stocks have historically averaged about 10% annual returns However, stocks offer no guarantee of any returns and can lose value, even in the long run
Investments in stocks can generate returns through dividends, even if the price
A Model of Market Shares I and A Model of Market Shares II by Fiona Maclachlan, The Wolfram Demonstrations Project.
OpenOffice Impress, a part of the OpenOffice office suite package and created by Sun Microsystems, is a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint.
In addition to being able to create PDF files from presentations, it is also able to export presentations to SWF files, allowing it to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed.
It is able to view, edit and save files in many file formats, including the .ppt format, which is used by Microsoft PowerPoint.
Impress is distributed (spread) under an open source licence so people can download it as free software.
It released under the terms of the Apache License.
OpenOffice Impress users can install the Open Clip Art Library, which adds a large amount of images for general presentation and drawing projects.
Linux distributions Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva and Ubuntu have given the ready-to-use openclipart package for download and install from their online software repositories.
Impress Official Page
Impress Presentation FAQ
User resources at OOo Wiki
OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook
OpenOffice.org Blog
Templates and resources
Presentation Templates from the official documentation page
OpenOffice.org Impress Templates
Extension Repository for OpenOffice
Guide and Articles
OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide
First Steps in Impress, updated for OpenOffice.org 2.0
Differences In Use Between Impress and Powerpoint
TuxMagazine issue 10 (free PDF download after registration)
OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan by Solveig L. Haugland
Delivering Effective Presentations with OpenOffice.org's Impress
The Oval Office is the official office of the president of the United States currently that is Joe Biden.
The office is located in the West Wing of the White House and it was first used by President Taft.
The Church of Satan is a religious group that encourages people to accept their human nature and build their ego, as it is told in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton LaVey.
They do not worship or believe in Satan and they do not believe in God. "
Satan" is just a symbol of freedom and the ego.
In the 1950s Anton LaVey made a group called the Order of the Trapezoid, some of whose members later became the leaders of the Church of Satan.
Some of the people at the events were: “The Baroness” Carin de Plessen (who grew up in a Royal Palace in Denmark), Dr. Cecil Nixon (magician, Odd person, and maker of robot), underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, City Assessor(someone who figures out values of city property) Russell Wolden, anthropologist(a person who studies culture and human development) Michael Harner, and writer Shana Alexander.
Other friends of LaVey at this point were famous Science Fiction and Horror writers Anthony Boucher, August Derleth, Robert Barbour Johnson, Reginald Bretnor, Emil Petaja, Stuart Palmer, Clark Ashton Smith, Forrest J. Ackerman, and Fritz Leiber Jr.
In its first year, the Church of Satan was in the news a lot because they performed a Satanic marriage of Judith Case and journalist John Raymond.
The ceremony was photographed by Joe Rosenthal, who took the famous photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
Another event was the public funeral of Church of Satan member and Naval Officer Edward Olson, as his wife had asked.
The Church of Satan was in many books, magazine and newspaper articles in the 1960s and 1970s.
A whole documentary, Satanis was also made about it in 1970.
LaVey was also in Kenneth Anger’s film Invocation of my Demon Brother, and helped as a technical adviser in The Devil's Rain, which starred Ernest Borgnine, William Shatner, and first showed John Travolta.
The Church of Satan was also shown in Luigi Scattini’s film Angeli Bianchi, Angeli Neri, which in the United States was known as "Witchcraft ‘70".
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We begin with the universe and say, 'It’s indifferent.
There’s no God, there’s no Devil.
No one cares!'|High Priest Peter H. Gilmore|<ref>Interview with Peter H. Gilmore, David Shankbone, Wikinews', November 5, 2007.</ref>}}
In 1975 LaVey argued within the Church of Satan by stopping the Church's “Grotto” system(having Satanic rituals in caves) and removing people he thought were using the Church instead of doing things in the outside world.
After that, LaVey hoped success in society would decide who did well in the Church of Satan.
LaVey chose to do less interviews.
People thought the Church might have ended, or even that LaVey might have died.
In the 1980s some Christians, therapists who believed in recovered memories, and the news were saying Satanists were a criminal group.
Members of the Church of Satan, such as Peter H. Gilmore, Peggy Nadramia, Boyd Rice, Adam Parfrey, Diabolos Rex, and musician King Diamond, were active in the news to deny the Church of Satan were criminals.
These stories became known as the Satanic panic.
The FBI later made a report saying these conspiracy theories were untrue.
In the 1980s and 1990s the Church of Satan made many movies, music, films, and magazines about Satanism.
Adam Parfrey’s Feral House publishing, the music of Boyd Rice, and the films of Nick Bougas, including his documentary Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey.
They were also frequently in the newspapers.
After Anton Szandor LaVey's death, his partner Blanche Barton became head of the Church of Satan.
Barton is still in the Church; however, in 2001 she gave her position to long-time members Peter H. Gilmore and Peggy Nadramia, the current High Priest and High Priestess and publishers of The Black Flame, the magazine of The Church of Satan.
The Central Office of the Church of Satan has also moved from San Francisco to New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, where the couple live.
The Church of Satan does not recognize any other organizations as being Satanist  though it does recognize that one does not need to be a member of the Church of Satan to be a Satanist.
Some public figures have been involved with the Church of Satan, including Kenneth Anger, King Diamond, Teresa Hidy, David Vincent, Marilyn Manson, Aaron Joehlin, Boyd Rice, Marc Almond, Alkaline Trio guitarist and singer Matt Skiba and drummer Derek Grant, professional wrestler Balls Mahoney, professional wrestler Sterling James Keenan, journalist Michael Moynihan, death metal guitarist Matthew McRaith, Sammy Davis Jr. and the artist Coop.
As the Church of Satan does not let people see the membership records, it is not known how many members they have.
On June 6, 2006 The Church of Satan held the first public ritual Satanic Mass in 40 years at the Steve Allen Theater in the Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles.
The ritual, based on The Satanic Bible and The Satanic Rituals, was led by Reverend Bryan Moore and Priestess Heather Saenz.
In December 2007 the Associated Press reported that a teenager had sent an e-mail to the Church of Satan administration saying he wanted to "kill in the name of our unholy lord Satan."
The Church told the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the message, which then told local police who arrested the teenager.
The Church of Satan has two types of members: Registered Members and Active Members.
Registered Members just have to pay $200 to the Church, and are given a red card to show they are a member.
An Active Member has to be involved with the Church and local members.
Active Membership is divided into five Degrees:
Active Members begin at the First Degree.
They must be approved for an Active Membership, and this is based on their answers to a long list of questions.
Members cannot apply for higher Degrees, and the requirements for each degree are not open to the public.
Promotion to a higher degree is only by being invited.
Members of the Third through Fifth degrees are the Priesthood and may be called "Reverend."
Members of the Fifth degree are sometimes called "Doctor," although "The Doctor" usually means Lavey.
Some Active Members are called Agents, qualified to explain the Church of Satan and the philosophy of Satanism to the media and others who are interested.
People seeking membership must be old enough to be seen as adults in the country where they live.
The only exception made is for children of members who show they understand the Church philosophy and practices who wish to join.
What they can do is limited until they reach adulthood.
Grottoes
Over the years, the Church of Satan has stopped then restarted the use of Grottoes -small groups for people who live near each other to work on projects or do ritual together, or be friends.
Now that most people have the internet, the Church of Satan has decided people do not need to join Grottoes to meet other Satanists.
If a group of Church of Satan members now wish to form a “magic circle” for something more than simple friendship and ritual, and can keep it active for a year and a day, the leader of the group can apply to have it called a Grotto and the leader called a Grotto Master.
A grotto is expected to be secret, and only those they think are worthy are supposed to know about it.
If a Grotto stops being useful it will be closed, as the Church of Satan has always done.
Grotto Masters and Grottos do not represent the Church of Satan unless they have other authority to do so.
Members of the Priesthood have the titles “Priest”/“Priestess,” “Magister”/“Magistra,” or “Magus”/“Maga.”
The Council of Nine, which is the ruling body of the Church of Satan, and the Order of the Trapezoid who help in the administration of the Church of Satan are part of the priesthood.
The High Priest and Priestess act as administrative chiefs and the two main public representatives.
The current High Priest is Peter H. Gilmore, the current High Priestess Peggy Nadramia.
The Church of Satan say they judge whether Active Members can join the Priesthood by their accomplishment in society and recognition within a profession rather than knowledge of the occult.
They are expected to be able to speak about the Satanic philosophy, but do not have to represent the Church of Satan publicly, and might choose to keep their membership secret so they can do what they want in the world, meet their own goals and those of the Church.
Membership in the Priesthood is by invitation only.
Past & present Church of Satan High Priesthood
Anton LaVey - Founder & High Priest 1966 - 1997
Diane Hegarty - Co-founder & High Priestess 1966 - 1984
Blanche Barton - Anton's Assistant, High Priestess 1997 - 2002, now Magistra Templi Rex
Peter H. Gilmore - High Priest 2001 - Present 5th Degree Magus
Peggy Nadramia - High Priestess 2002 - Present
The main texts of LaVeyan Satanism
Satanists within the Church of Satan follow these rules on how to live.
But Satanists do not view the Satanic sins, statements, and rules of the earth as things that someone has to try to do.
They think it's human nature, rather than a Jew or Christian who the Church of Satan think have to try hard to fit in with the rules of their religion.
The Nine Satanic Statements
Satan represents doing what you want, instead of stopping yourself doing it.
Satan represents truly living instead of spiritual fantasies.
Satan represents pure wisdom instead of lying to yourself and others.
Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ungrateful people.
Satan represents revenge instead of loving your enemy, which Christians are told to do.
Satan represents having responsibility for responsible people, instead of concern for those who live off other people's work.
Satan represents man as just another animal.
Satan represents all of the things Christianity has called sins, as they all lead to pleasure of some kind.
Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years.
The Nine Satanic Sins
Pretentiousness
Self-deceit
Herd Conformity
Lack of Perspective
Forgetfulness of Past Orthodoxies
Counterproductive Pride
Lack of Aesthetics
The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked
Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them
When in another's lair, show him respect or else do not go there
If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy
Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal
Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved
Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires.
If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained
Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself
Do not harm little children
Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food
When walking in open territory, bother no one.
If someone bothers you, ask him to stop.
If he does not stop, destroy him
Pentagonal Revisionism (Five-sided change)
Stratification - "No one should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity."
Strict taxation of all churches - "The productive, the creative, the resourceful should be subsidized.
So long as the useless and incompetent are getting paid, they should be heavily taxed."
No tolerance for religious beliefs secularized and incorporated into law and order issues - "Amnesty should be considered for anyone in prison because of his alleged “influence” upon the actual perpetrator of the crime.
Everyone is influenced in what he or she does.
Scapegoating has become a way of life, a means of survival for the unfit.
As an extension of the Judeo-Christian cop-out of blaming the Devil for everything, criminals can gain leniency, even praise, by placing the blame on a convenient villain.
Following the Satanic creed of “Responsibility to the responsible,” in a Satanic society, everyone must experience the consequences of his own actions—for good or ill."
Development and production of artificial human companions - "An economic “godsend” which will allow everyone “power” over someone else.
Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible slavery.
And the most profitable industry since TV and the computer."
The opportunity for anyone to live within a total environment of his or her choice, with mandatory adherence to the aesthetic and behavioral standards of same - "Privately owned, operated and controlled environments as an alternative to homogenized and polyglot ones.
The freedom to insularize oneself within a social milieu of personal well-being.
An opportunity to feel, see, and hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference from those who would pollute or detract from that option."
These goals have another purpose, as said by the author, to let non-Satanists see how much they agree with Satanic views.
Pentagonal Revisionism is the application of Satanist beliefs to society and economics with five goals to encourage members.
Other books, such as The Satanic Bible, say more about Satanic dogma.
Sigil of Baphomet
Wolfsangel
The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion by Blanche Barton (Hell's Kitchen Productions, 1990, ) - Out of print
Satan Wants You: The Cult of Devil Worship in America by Arthur Lyons (Mysterious Press, 1988, ; Warner Books, 1989, ) - Out of print
Lucifer Rising: A Book of Sin, Devil Worship and Rock 'n' Roll by Gavin Baddeley, Paul Woods (Plexus Publishing (UK), 2000, )
The Church of Satan.
Fifth Edition, 2002'' by Michael A. Aquino.
A documentary history of the 1966-1975 Church of Satan. [
Note: This is a very large PDF file: 9.4mb.]
Books by Anton LaVey
Books by Peter H. Gilmore
Interviews with Anton LaVey
Interview with Anton LaVey by Michelle Carr and Elvia Lahman, originally published in the September 11, 1997 Velvet Hammer souvenir programme.
Critical websites
John Allee's criticisms of the Church of Satan
Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American-Indian-Chinese-French computer-animated action comedy movie made by DreamWorks.
It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne.
It tells the story of Po, a giant panda (Jack Black), a kung fu fan who becomes a kung fu master.
It received critical acclaim and became a box office success.
A successful sequel, Kung Fu Panda 2 was released in 2011.
Another sequel, Kung Fu Panda 3 was released in 2016.
There is also two short movies, a Christmas special, and a spinoff TV show.
A big, fat panda named Po the panda dreams of becoming a kung fu master, but he doesn't know kung fu.
One day, kung fu teacher Master Shifu holds a contest to see who will become the Dragon Warrior, the most powerful kung fu master in the land.
Everyone thinks one of Shifu's students, the Furious Five will become the Dragon Warrior, but Po is chosen instead and begins learning kung fu.