Ripple (band)

Ripple was an American funk band from Michigan. The group was signed to GRC Records and Salsoul Records in the 1970s, and scored several hit singles, the biggest of which were "I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky" and "The Beat Goes On," the latter on Salsoul Records, joined by the Salsoul Orchestra. The former's signature "oh-la oh-la ay" line was later incorporated into Marcia Griffiths' smash hit, "Electric Boogie (Electric Slide)."

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Ripple (charitable organisation)

Ripple is a non-profit click-to-donate internet site and search engine which passes 100% of its revenue to other charities. Launched on May 4, 2007, they make their revenue by attaining sponsorship from advertisers in return for delivering users who will see their advertisements.

The co-founders of Ripple are Jehan Ratnatunga, Matthew Tilleard, Mack Nevill and Simon Griffiths.

How Ripple Works

The Ripple web site generates revenue through two routes: clicking and searching.

A user can click to choose a preferred form of charity, bringing up an advertisement from a sponsor. The sponsor pays Ripple every time an advertisement is viewed, Ripple assigns the sponsor payment to the charity of the web user's choice.

Users can also use the in-built search engine, powered by Google Co-op. Each search generates advertising revenue.

Ripple also enjoys a presence in online social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. Users are now able to add applets that function in the same way as the Ripple web site to their profiles and display how philanthropic they are via a 'contributions' count.

+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.

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Bando (disambiguation)