Another group of writers — collectively said to constitute the Roots ( 寻根 ) movement — including Han Shaogong ( 韩少功 ), Mo Yan, and A Cheng ( 阿城 ) sought to reconnect literature and culture to Chinese traditions, from which a century of modernization and cultural and political iconoclasm had severed them.

According to music journalist Greg Kot, musical collective Soulquarians, consisting of such artists as D ' Angelo, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Mos Def, Common, James Poyser, and Q-Tip, contributed significantly to the neo soul movement during the late 1990s to the early 2000s with its members ' " organic soul, natural R & B, boho-rap ".

In 2001, PBS broadcast a 4-part documentary series, American Roots Music, that explored the historical roots of American roots music through footage and performances by the creators of the movement.

In the film Hidden Heritage: The Roots of Black American Painting, David C. Driskell — an artist and a leading educator and scholar of African American art — discussed Aaron Douglas's role in art history: " Douglas is the leading painter of the Renaissance movement.

Roots which spread out close to the surface, such as those of willows, can produce shoots and ultimately new plants.

With advanced angle exhaust timing, uniflow engines can be supercharged with a crankshaft-driven ( piston or Roots ) blower.

Roots of Russian literature can be traced to Middle Ages, when epics and chronicles in Old Russian were composed.

One narrow description of ' cryptohistory ' can be found in The Occult Roots of Nazism ( 1985 ) by the historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.

There are several features mountain bikers can look out for when riding on the chase, such as Kitbag Hill, Rabbit Hill, Quagmire Bridge, Roots Hall and Brocton Shorts to name a few.

Because rotary lobe pumps need to maintain a clearance between the lobes, a single stage Roots blower can pump gas across only a limited pressure differential.

Acts such as Fat Freddy ’ s Drop, Shapeshifter, Cornerstone Roots, Kora, and Trinity Roots as well as the new wave of Australian acts like Budspells, Rastawookie, King Tide, Red Eyes, and the likes, can all thank Salmonella Dub for paving the way to opening Australian ears to an alternative to a music scene that was largely house influenced dance music or straight guitar rock.

Alex Haley's Roots in 1977 can fairly be called the first blockbuster success of the format.

Roots of Hattic words can also be found in the names of mountains, rivers, cities and gods.

Roots music can refer to several styles or trends in music:

file: Mango Roots. jpg | Woody Tap Root of mature mango can be distinctly seen, Kolkata, India

Several of the more R & B-influenced modern-day rappers and their newest videos can also be regularly seen in heavy rotation on VH1 Soul ; for example: The Roots, De La Soul, Kanye West, Common, and Talib Kweli.

Today, websites such as Roots Web and Sri Lankan Burgher family genealogies can be accessed electronically.

It can be distinguished from the contemporary GP39-2 and GP40-2 in that its Roots blown engine had two exhaust stacks, one on each side of the dynamic brake fan, if equipped, while the turbocharged GP39-2 and GP40-2 has a single stack.

The album cover can be found on their later album cover for Roots: The Best of Show of Hands as one of the many things in the window.

His piano technique can be seen on the DVDs Mingus At Montreux 1975 and Roots Salutes The Saxophones.

Roots of affected plants can be swollen, curled, discolored, and lack root hairs.

He is perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, and his Emmy Award-winning role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots.

* Roots reggae is perhaps the best-known form of reggae today, with its Rastafarian message.

Roots Manuva, perhaps the label's best known artist, signed a new deal with the label in 2011.

She is perhaps best known for creating the original Roots " beaver " logo and the accompanying advertising campaign.

`` Roots Of The Blues '' may not be for gentle souls, but others should welcome its super-charged impact.

Some prepaid card companies allow accounts to be recharged online manually or automatically via a method called auto-top-up. Roots Tel is one of the top companies providing the Virtual Phone Cards.

Roots may develop primarily for attachment, and specialized structures ( for example, cups and scales ) may be used to collect or hold moisture.

The supercharger typically will need to be of the positive displacement ( Roots or Screw ) type due to its ability to produce boost at relatively low engine speeds.

White Blossoms from Black Roots: The History and the Chronology: Volume One, was planned to be the first of five albums that would a chronological retrospective that would showcase the evolution of Norman as a songwriter, featuring a juxtaposition of styles from 1956 to 1986.

The Roots filled Storch's position with keyboardist, Kamal Gray, who continues to be a member.

On September 19, 2011 the band announced that they would be making a tour along America's East Coast ( as well as two cities in the Midwest ) entitled the Roots Run Deep 2011 Tour.

Roots blowers are typically used in applications where a large volume of air must be moved across a relatively small pressure differential.

Because a Roots type blower pumps air in discrete pulses ( unlike a screw compressor ), pulsation noise and turbulence may be transmitted downstream.

Traditionally the only source for air flow of this volume was considered to be a Roots style compressor.

In 1971 he published what was to be the first volume in the 26-volume series Juuret Iijoen törmässä (' Roots in the Bank of River Ii '), probably the longest autobiographical narrative in the world ( some 17 000 pages in total ).

On April 6, 2011, it was announced that the Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album would be merged with the Best Hawaiian Music Album and Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album categories into a new category, Best Regional Roots Music Album.

Native American works will now be eligible for the Best Regional Roots Music Album category.

Roots of human cooperation may be found in empathy.

Soon after, the duo recorded their debut album, Grass Roots which was to be released on October 6, 1992 ; however, the album was shelved shortly before its release.

The mall was defunct, which is the reason the production used it ; the movie crew completely renovated the structure, and stocked it with fictitious stores after Starbucks and numerous other corporations refused to let their names be used ( two exceptions to this are Roots and Panasonic ).

After that, though, the new Grass Roots wanted to write their own songs, and Sloan, who still wanted to be a recording artist, became alienated from both Barri and Dunhill management.

Masterclasses will be performed by top-chefs, such as Levi Roots and Ed Baines, with burlesque shows, restaurant tents, city beaches and pop-up cinemas also on offer.