[permalink] [id link]
Focus is a Dutch rock band which was founded by classically trained organist / flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, and is most famous for the instrumental pieces " Hocus Pocus " and " Sylvia ".
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Focus and is
* Cox, Paul ; " The Legacy of Agent Orange is a Continuing Focus of VVAW ", The Veteran, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Volume 38, No. 2, Fall 2008.
It is now a Micro Focus subsidiary.
: The First Assistant Camera, 1st AC or Focus Puller, is responsible for keeping the camera in focus as it is shooting, as well as building the camera at the beginning of the day and taking it apart at the end.
* Focus Two: The macro perspective which focuses upon the process that innovation is diffused within a specific organization.
Focus is being given to understand gene – environment interaction, drug-environment interaction and toxin-environment interaction.
Focus is here on four areas:
Dutch band Focus, containing Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman, began to assert symphonic prog with their second album Focus II ( Moving Waves ) ( 1971 ) despite their hit song " Hocus Pocus " ( which is noted for lead singer Thijs van Leer's yodeling ).
* March 26 – Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson.
Focus on the Family ( FOTF or FotF ) is an tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 1977 by
Nederpop is a Dutch term that was invented by the mid-1970s to describe the Dutch pop music scene of the 1960s and 1970s that was gaining worldwide attention, exemplified by bands such as Shocking Blue, Golden Earring and Focus.
Currently, Micro Focus owns the source code and patents, but is not actively maintaining SoftICE.
Martin Sheen is also the host of In Focus, a television program that airs on PBS affiliate stations on Public Television.
The band is currently working on its next studio album, tentatively titled " Focus 10-Crossroads ," with album art to be created by famed artist Roger Dean.
Focus, first introduced in 1994, is a popular programme on CCTV.
Focus is 32. 768 kHz SMD and through hole crystals in miniature metal and ceramic package.
Laura Carlsen, of the Center for International Policy, who is also a contributor to Foreign Policy in Focus notes that " Indigenous organizations warn that this ruling effectively opens up 45 million hectares to foreign investment and timber, oil, and mining exploitation.
* Plumstead-Suburbia in Focus is a history of the creation of the modern Plumstead.
As well as Vodafone, Newbury is also home to the UK headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, National Instruments, Micro Focus, NTS Express Road Haulage, Jokers ' Masquerade, Newbury Parcels, The Swift Group, Stryker coporation and Quantel.
* Focus Newspaper is a weekly publication that is distributed freely and focuses on entertainment in the area.
The Focus is essential to the Magick User who wants to practice his art in good condition.
Focus and Dutch
* 1946 – Jan Akkerman, Dutch guitarist, Focus
Singer-songwriter Sting has also played lute and archlute, in and out of his collaborations with Edin Karamazov, and Jan Akkerman released two albums of lute music in the 1970s while he was a guitarist in the Dutch rock band Focus.
** Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist ( Focus )
* Focus ( band ), 1970s Dutch band
One of the earliest songs to portray an unusual marriage between yodeling and rock music was " Hocus Pocus " by the Dutch band Focus.
In 1978, Proby recorded with the Dutch rock group Focus releasing Focus con Proby.
In the early 70s the Dutch band Focus used the 271 and 371 models while on the tour following the release of their Focus II ( Moving Waves ) LP.
The Dutch jazz / rock guitarist Jan Akkerman recorded a composition called " Saudade ", the centerpiece of his 1996 album Focus In Time.
Thijs Van Leer ( pronounced: ; born 31 March 1948 ) is a Dutch musician, singer and composer, best known for heading the Dutch progressive rock band, Focus, as primary vocalist, Hammond organ player, and flautist.
Focus and rock
The label was distributed by Polydor Records from 1970 until 1971, during which time the now-famous logo was introduced, and then by Famous Music from 1972 to 1974, during which the progressive rock band Focus charted with their 1972 hit " Hocus Pocus ".
Where previous albums had emphasized guitars and loud rock and roll, The Fashion Focus was a significantly softer album.
In the early 1970s he was attracted to the sound of progressive rock of bands like Renaissance and Focus, but also to the so-called soft rock produced by performers like America and James Taylor.
Focus and band
In 1971, the group released Focus II ( aka Moving Waves ), which brought the band international acclaim and a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with the radio edit of " Hocus Pocus ".
In 2001, Thijs van Leer re-formed Focus with himself, stepson Bobby Jacobs on bass, guitarist Jan Dumée, and drummer Ruben van Roon ( all are former members of the band CONXI ).
In the same year, the band released the album Focus 9 / New Skin, on the Red Bullet label, which currently owns the entire back catalogue of Focus.
Assorted fake acts have also been mentioned in HMHB songs such as the fictional Focus tribute band " I Can't Believe It's Not Focus ".
However, Sean proved to have quite a good musical chemistry with the rest of the band, and toured the Focus Tour with the band.
The material was originally shelved when the band shifted gears and instead recorded The Fashion Focus.
The Focus lacked the exhaust-side VCT, and contained less aggressive camshafts that pushed the power band down a few hundred RPM.
For this album, the band continued to develop its sound in the same direction that they had taken for their previous release, The Fashion Focus.
Focus and which
* Borland Software Corporation, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 8-K filing, July 27, 2009 ( formally notifying SEC of the Change of Control under which Borland became a Micro Focus subsidiary )
Focus on the impact of a Little Ice Age on the empire, as the empire, beginning with a sharp drop in temperatures in the 13th century during which time the Mongol leader Kubla Khan moved south into China.
* Focus One: The examination of the process by which an employee develops innovations and the unique characteristics of an individuals which enables them to be highly innovative.
* Focus Three: The process by which an organization adopts an innovation.
* Focus Four: A shared perspective of the role of the individual and the organization's culture which contribute to innovation.
In 2011, the group published an evaluation report titled " Assessing the IFC's Poverty Focus and Results " in which it noted that although the IFC's projects that emphasized inclusive growth patterns performed well and that poverty reduction was an implicit outcome, the IFC neglected to articulate and detail the impacts on poverty of the projects which target economic growth specifically.
Working with independent studios such as the now-shuttered Fine Line, Artisan ( which was absorbed into today's Lionsgate ), and USA Films ( now Focus Features ), gave Altman the edge in making the kinds of films he has always wanted to make without studio interference.
SoftICE was originally produced by a company called NuMega, and was subsequently acquired by Compuware in 1997, which in turn sold the property to Micro Focus in 2009.
In February 2010, the German magazine, Focus, featured a doctored image of this Venus giving Europe the middle finger, which resulted in a defamation lawsuit against the journalists and the publication.
He released a solo album, Cyril, in 1973, on which he was backed by all three of his former bandmates from Focus.
In 1985, Van Leer and Akkerman reunited for a joint project ( because of contractual obligation ) which resulted in the commercially unsuccessful album Focus.
In 2001, USA Networks sold its non-shopping TV and film assets ( including the USA Network, the Sci Fi Channel, the Trio channel, USA Films ( which was rechristened as Focus Features ) and Studios USA ) to Vivendi Universal.
* Focus ( computing ), a term used to describe which of a number of GUI elements currently accepts keyboard input
* Focus ( optics ), a point toward which light rays are made to converge
* Samsung Focus, a smartphone manufactured by Samsung which runs Microsoft Windows Phone
* Focus group, a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their attitude towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging
1.347 seconds.