John Schenk was glad that the Dave Clark Five finally made it in. “Most folks around today have no clue as to the great songs the DC5 (Dave Clark Five) put out. The omissions of Nugent and Kiss are a travesty.”
Bill De Young, entertainment editor for Scripps Treasure Coast newspapers, disagreed with Dave Marsh about Leonard Cohen. she belongs in, De Young opined, adding: “I would argue for Cat Stevens, who was, of course, a HUGE influence on a lot of songwriters (I happened to write the essays in his box set, but You don’t believe I’m biased).”
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appears as if much of today’s youth has a clear misconception in regard to ska music. Many assume that some offshoot of emo with a few brass instruments here or there equates to a quality ska sound. In such a scenario, You want to throw them an album from Madness or The English Beat, artists who replicated the original Jamaican-led form of R&B with enormous success. While attempting to sound like early ska greats Madness would sound somewhat outdated, White Rabbits certainly had the right idea with their exceptional debut, Fort Nightly. Instead of tackling the genre head-on, them chose to incorporate classic ska with contemporary aspects of indie-rock. The result is one of the finest debuts of the year, with the shuffling swagger of “Take a Walk Around the Table” and “Dinner Party” being heavily reliant on a bustling rhythm section, with the tinges of ska coming in the rhythmic guitar patterns and smatterings of brass. “Dinner Party” is particularly impressive, as the six-piece’s potential is on full display. The correspondence between the guitars and horns are top-notch, with a series of grim keys gliding underneath the robust vocals in a subtly ingenious manner. Fort Nightly defies expectations of conventional indie-rock, incorporating a true style of ska that is wrongly beginning to feel forgotten.
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“IT job exports are forecast to increase by a compound annual growth rate of 5.9% between 2002 and the end of 2004, said Frost and Sullivan. The analyst firm looked at the global outsourcing of IT jobs across 14 countries. It estimated that this year, 826,540 IT jobs will be transferred abroad by the UK and the US, France, Germany, Hong Kong and Japan, amounting a value of UK 26.7bn.”
Dear FutureMe,
First off, what the hell are you doing still using gmail?
Second, I’m really surprised that I’m still alive. I’d have expected the stress of working 100 hours a week would have killed me by now. I mean, seriously, what are the odds of a human being actually surviving for 30 years on Ramen noodles and day old pizza?
Oh well, I hope things have turned out well for me.
You can send yourself a message at Futureme.org.
So, what would you say to your future self?
Interested in finding out what your own learning style is? You can find out at the Vark Guide to Learning Styles by taking this online questionnaire.
First, it would serve as a warning to Russia and China to stop meddling in Western affairs. Second, it would provide future opportunities to put more of its troops in Europe and serve as a base for expansion. The missile defense base might have been a dream a couple of years back, and would have met considerable opposition from the European powers, primarily from Germany and France. But with the rising threat of terrorism combined with European anxiety about its vulnerability, a proposition of being guarded by the most powerful superpower in the form of a military base might actually become a reality. The losers in this case will the Czech Republic, which will ultimately become a puppet state of the US, and the American taxpayers, whose hard-earned money will be wasted on building an hegemonic empire. As I said, this is reminiscent of the Cold War.
A Periodic Table of Visualization Elements
periodic_table of visualization elementsFacilitators, mediators, and other group process mavens, take note: here’s an interactive Periodic Table of Visualization Elements. Take a ride down the Argument Slide, cross the Negotiation Bridge, or marvel at the Heaven ‘n Hell Chart.
This fun tool comes courtesy of Visual-Literacy.org, an e-learning site educating visitors about “a critical, but often neglected skill for business, communication, and engineering students, namely visual literacy, or the ability to evaluate, apply, or create conceptual visual representations.”
What’s your learning style? An online test lets you find out
What’s your learning style?As a trainer, I’m keenly aware that adult learners all have different learning styles. The trick is to find ways to engage them all.
The HR BPO Opportunity
Financial Express reports outsourcing of human resource services or HR BPO was emerging as the next big opportunity for Indian BPOs with the global market in this segment estimated at $40-60 billion per annum, experts said on Monday.
“Sensing the potential, global BPO players including Fidelity, Exult and Hewitt have begun setting up operations in India. However, most HR BPO players had not leveraged the offshore advantage as yet, he told PTI. Research firm Gartner has forecast HR BPO to reach $51 billion and represent 39% of all BPO revenue by 2004-end.”
“HR opportunity is absolutely new. It is a sunrise opportunity with huge potential,” Mr Chandrasekaran, who formed Secova eServices to tap this potential, said. “Our initial focus will be only on HR administration, benefits and payroll, in the mid-market which accounts for $13.2 billion.”
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