The Madcap Laughs

The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd in April 1968. The album had a chequered recording history, with work beginning in mid-1968, but the bulk of the sessions taking place between April and July 1969, for which five different producers were credited − including Barrett, Peter Jenner (1968 sessions), Malcolm Jones (early-to-mid-1969 sessions), and fellow Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Roger Waters (mid-1969 sessions). Among the guest musicians are Willie Wilson from (Gilmour's old band) Jokers Wild and Robert Wyatt of the band Soft Machine.

The Madcap Laughs, released in January 1970 on Harvest in the UK, and on Capitol Records in the US, enjoyed minimal commercial success on release, reaching number 40 on the UK's official albums chart, while failing to hit the US charts. It was re-released in 1974 as part of Syd Barrett (which contained The Madcap Laughs and Barrett). The album was remastered and reissued in 1993, along with Barrett's other albums, Barrett (1970) and Opel (1988), independently and as part of the Crazy Diamond box set. A newly remastered version was released in 2010.

Feel (Feel album)

Feel is first album released by a Polish pop rock band Feel. The album has earned Diamond certification in Poland.

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Feel (Kumi Koda song)

"Feel" (stylized as feel) is a smooth R&B song by Japanese singer and songwriter Kumi Koda. For the song, she worked closely with composer Hitoshi Shimono, who had composed the instrumental. The single is Kumi's sixth single in her 12 Singles Collection and charted at #1 on Oricon with 39,110 copies sold within the first week. As with some of the other singles released in the collection, feel was limited to 50,000 copies.

The song also became Koda Kumi's second song to have a chorus completely in English (first being 24, which was also written and composed by Hitoshi Shimono).

The music video for the single tied into the four others in the storyline: Candy feat. Mr. Blistah, you, Lies and Someday/Boys♥Girls.

The love interest in the music video was played by Shugo Oshinari. Shugo Oshinari is best known for his portrayals of Teru Mikami in the Death Note TV series and Takuma Aoi in Battle Royale II: Requiem.

Cover

As with the other 11 singles in this collection, this single cover represents a stylized version of a traditional dress from a culture; this time it draws its inspiration from Spain and the costume of matadors.

Fab (website)

Fab is an e-commerce company founded in 2010. Once estimated at a worth of over 1 billion dollars, in November 2014, the company was rumored to be in talks to sell for 15 million. In March 2015, PCH International acquired Fab for an undisclosed sum.

It grew from 175,000 members in June 2011, to over 10 million as of December 2012. As of April 30, 2013, Fab has disclosed that it receives 6 million unique visitors per month and have sold over 7 million products since launch. Fab is headquartered in Manhattan and operates a warehouse in Keasbey, New Jersey. The company has office locations in NYC, Pune (India), and Berlin.

History

Fab was founded in February 2010 by Jason Goldberg (entrepreneur) (formerly of XING AG and Jobster) and chief designer Bradford Shellhammer. The site was originally created as a social network for gay men and their friends before pivoting on June 9, 2011 into its model of daily design inspirations and sales. In November 2011, five months after re-launching, Fab reached 1 million members. The company reached this number faster than Facebook, Twitter and Groupon. In September 2012, Fab removed the membership requirements to browse the site. In December 2012, Fab passed 10 million members, up from 7.5 million members in September. Fab also announced it had sold more than 4.3 million products since its launch, averaging 5.4 products sold per minute. In July 2013, fab eliminated 100 positions at its Berlin office as a profit-building measure. Fab laid off 101 more staff, primarily at its New York office in October 2013, further reducing their workforce by 19 percent.

FAB-144

FAB-144 is an indazole-based synthetic cannabinoid that is presumed to be a potent agonist of the CB₁ receptor and has been sold online as a designer drug. It is the indazole analogue of XLR-11.

Legal status

Sweden's public health agency suggested classifying FAB-144 as hazardous substance on November 10, 2014.

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Fusil automático Bogotá

The Fusil automático Bogotá (FaB 556) is an automatic rifle of Colombian origin that was found in Bogotá, hence the name. Only one example has been known to exist.

Overview

The Fusil automático Bogotá is a 5.56×45mm NATO calibre automatic rifle fed from 30-round STANAG magazines. It uses a form of simple blowback operation with the opening delayed by a heavy bolt as a substitute for a locked breech, To ease the gas pressure, the weapon comes with a carbine length barrel. The receiver of the Fusil automático Bogotá is a round section receiver made from a large tube to house the telescoping bolt covering the whole barrel. The barrel is held in a trunnion at the front of the receiver acting as the muzzle. The cocking handle is on the right side angled upwards. Sights are copied to an extent from the M16 as well as its fixed tube stock. The weapon fires from an open bolt in full automatic only.

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