Originally marketed as the " Soundabout " in the U. S., the " Stowaway " in the U. K., and the " Freestyle " in Sweden, Sony soon had the new name " Walkman " embossed into the metal tape cover of the device.

Freestyle rap during hip-hop's old school had a different definition from the definition it has today-Kool Moe Dee refers to this earlier definition in his book, There's A God On The Mic: " There are two types of freestyle.

Ford had decided to replace the Taurus with the fullsize Five Hundred and midsize Fusion sedans, as well as replacing the Taurus wagon with the Freestyle crossover SUV.

However, Ford revived the Taurus name during the 2007 Chicago Auto Show a few months later by renaming two new models that had been intended to be updated versions of the Five Hundred and the Freestyle, the " 2008 Taurus " and " 2008 Taurus X ", respectively.

Ford had decided to replace the Taurus with the fullsize Five Hundred and midsize Fusion sedans and the Taurus wagon with the Freestyle crossover SUV.

It was determined that Ford's strategy to redesignate new cars in the lineup with new names beginning with the letter F, as in Ford Focus, Ford Fusion, and Ford Freestyle, was not a good marketing move, as some of the renamed cars had highly recognizable iconic names.

Z103. 5 also had a weekly show on Sundays called the Freestyle Frenzy, hosted by Z103. 5 veteran Tony Monaco.

Barbosa continued to contribute to the Freestyle genre he created, producing underground artists who rarely had their new material played on mainstream radio stations in the United States.

The mishap cost Melanie Nocher dearly as her goggles fell off during her 200m Freestyle heat due to the fact she had to wear a hat she was not used to and because the hat was not of a normal size.

The band released the Freestyle EP in 1996 on Freskanova ( Freskanova's parent label, Fresh, had released Cantor, Galea and Harvey's previous work ).

Those " Eurobeat " hits had a European beat, topped the UK charts, and, in the USA, received radio airplay and contributed to the evolution of New York's Freestyle genre.

Young swimmer David Davies, coming third in the 1500 m Freestyle, set a European record in the process and won Britain's second swimming medal of the games — a notable improvement over the 2000 Sydney games from which the swimmers had returned empty-handed.

The company had a part based in the United Kingdom, which was responsible for the distribution of some of the later Dreamcast games in Europe in fall 2001 and early 2002, including Headhunter, Shenmue II, Virtua Tennis 2, Floigan Bros, Rez, Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern, Phantasy Star Online version 2, NBA 2K2, Heavy Metal: Geomatrix, Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles, Conflict Zone, Cannon Spike and Razor Freestyle Scooter.

The most important were the PAL / CSS Freestyle Tournament, sponsored by the PAL Group in Abu Dhabi ( UAE ), which had a high level of play and the winners, in chronological order, were: Zacks ( Stephen Zackery, USA ), Zorchamp ( Zorchamp, UAE ), Rajlich ( Vasik Rajlich, Hungary ), Xakru ( Jiri Dufek, Czech Rep .), Flying Saucers ( Dagh Nielsen, Denmark ), Rajlich ( Vasik Rajlich, Hungary ) Ibermax ( Anson Williams, England ) and Ultima ( Eros Riccio, Italy ).

However, much like the soldering tool, the Freestyle also had quality issues, usually related to the battery charge, and the heating element.

Before Freestyle Fellowship was formed, Aceyalone, Spoon ( of Iodine ) and Myka 9 had been in a group called the MC Aces in high school.

Until 2009, Torres had a Sunday-night Freestyle show on New York's popular radio station, WKTU 103. 5.

Freestyle remained a largely underground genre with a sizeable following in New York, but has seen a comeback in the cities where the music experienced its greatest success.

Freestyle continues to have a strong following in New York.

In 1999, Neal won the Dan Hodge Award following a year in which he won the U. S. Freestyle Championship, the Pan-American Games title and the World Championship.

* EA Freestyle in San Francisco, California, founded as EA Sports BIG.

Freestyle Fellowship is a rap group from Los Angeles, California.

Freestyle Fellowship was formed at the Good Life Cafe in Los Angeles, California during the early 1990s.

The 13th Unicycle World Championships ( Jul / Aug 2006 ) played host to the first ever " official " Street Freestyle Competition, while the first ever street street competition was truly at the California Mountain Unicycle Weekend in 2004 ( http :// www. unicycling. com / muni / 2004 /).

Meanwhile, Los Angeles hip hop group Freestyle Fellowship pursued a different route of jazz influence in recordings with unusual time signatures and scat-influenced vocals.

Innercity Griots is the second album by Los Angeles hip-hop group Freestyle Fellowship, released in 1993 through 4th & B ' way Records.

In the 1980s Australian Aerial Freestyle Olympic Gold Medallist Alisa Camplin, Catherine Fitzsimmons ( Pearsell model and founder of Dash Models, Los Angeles ) and Australian Olympic Runner Tamsyn Manou all attended Viewbank Primary School.

Freestyle Fellowship is featured prominently in the award-winning documentary This Is the Life, chronicling the music movement that was birthed at The Good Life Cafe in South Central, Los Angeles.

Koppett is a 20-year improv veteran, having worked with Freestyle Repertory Theatre ) and San Francisco's BATS Improv.

Headrick, who became known as the father of disc sports, later founded The International Frisbee Association ( IFA ) and began establishing standards for various sports using the Frisbee such as Distance, Freestyle and Guts.

Freestyle or Latin freestyle is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s, and experienced its greatest popularity from the mid-1980s through the early ' 90s.

Freestyle music developed primarily in the Latino communities of New York City in the early 1980s.

Freestyle club hits like Brenda K. Starr's " Pickin ' Up Pieces " ( 1985 ) and Company B's " Fascinated " followed, and entered the R & B and Billboard Hot 100 charts, respectively.

Freestyle shortly thereafter gave way to mainstream pop artists such as MC Hammer, Paula Abdul, Bobby Brown, New Kids on the Block and Milli Vanilli, who used hip hop beats and electro samples, but in a mainstream form and with slicker production and MTV-friendly videos.

New York City impresario Steve Sylvester and producer Sal Abbetiello launched Stevie Sly's Freestyle Party show at the Manhattan live music venue Coda on April 1, 2004.

Freestyle features a dance tempo with stress on beats two and four ; syncopation with a bass line, lead synth, or percussion, and optional stabs of synthesized brass or orchestral samples ; sixteenth-note hi-hats ; a chord progression that lasts eight, 16, or 32 beats and is usually in a minor key ; relatively complex, upbeat melodies with singing, verses, and a chorus ; and themes about love or dancing.

Freestyle music in general is heavily influenced by Latin music, especially with respect to rhythms and horn and keyboard parts.

The sound became synonymous with Butler's production, and the name of the group he was in, Freestyle, became the genre's name.

The group was named for the members ' love for BMX Freestyle Bike racing.

Radio station WKTU began to hold " Freestyle Free for ALL " live concerts in 1996, and formerly held weekend freestyle nights hosted by Judy Torres.

Coro performed in WKTU's well-received " Beatstock " concert in 2006, and the 2008 " Freestyle Extravaganza " concert sold out Madison Square Garden.

Freestyle experienced another resurgence of popularity in the late 2000s, as older, well-known freestyle artists, producers and record labels released new music, and old and new freestyle artists performed at Philadelphia-area bars and night clubs.

The Tazmania Freestyle: Overloaded compilation featured some of the biggest acts from their past, such as Pure Pleazure, Stefanie Bennett, Sammy C and Samantha, but the label has since shifted focus toward pop and house.

Several grappling styles like Judo, Shoot wrestling, Catch wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Sambo and several types of wrestling including Freestyle and Greco-Roman have gained global popularity.

Judo, Freestyle Wrestling, and Greco-Roman Wrestling are Olympic Sports while Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and Sambo have their own World Championship Competitions.

Jackets are not used in many forms of wrestling, such as Olympic Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.

** The Insulet OmniPod has a separate remote, also known as a Personal Diabetes Monitor ( PDM ), that features a built-in meter that uses Freestyle test strips.

This remote, or PDM, features a built-in meter that uses Freestyle test strips.

Freestyle was primarily popular among Latinos in the New York City and Miami club scenes, but achieved mainstream pop success with hits by The Cover Girls and Exposé, among others.

* Freestyle: The most common type.