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1. Woodstock -- Woodstock Music
   The site for folk music in Woodstock, Illinois, which is such a nice place that it was actually chosen to star in a movie. Director Harold Ramis picked it to play the part of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in his 1993 comedy Groundhog Day. And the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Woodstock one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2007.
2. Sevendust -- Atlanta-Based Sevendust
   Influenced by thrash metal, grunge, industrial and rap, the Atlanta-based Sevendust had a brutally heavy alternative rock release in this riveting debut album. But for all its intensity, Sevendust is a band that, like Living Colour and Nirvana, combines a striking melodic sense with sledgehammer aggression. Though Living Colour is a valid comparison (up to a point), one ... hears traces of everyone from Metallica and Anthrax to Faith No More and Ministry here. Sevendust's very dark lyrics are as heavy as its music. "Face" candidly describes a consensual SM/bondage scenario, while other songs deal with social issues. Addressing such topics as racism ("Black") depression and schizophrenia ("Too Close to Hate") and drug addiction ("Wired"), this CD is as arresting lyrically as it is musically.
3. Sugar Ray
   By any yardstick, Sugar Ray are lightweights. That's not necessarily a bad thing -- some of the greatest pop songs are unabashedly fluffy and disposable, and Sugar Ray's best tunes are both. While no one's likely to use their name in the same sentence with words like ''art'' or ''deep,'' only a professional cynic could deny that the California based quintet's sun drenched music is mighty catchy. With their knack for indelible choruses and canny use of hip hop flavorings, Sugar Ray are sort of a postmodern corollary to '70s flyweights like Three Dog Night. It's not hip to admit you like them, but their finest songs almost demand that you crank 'em up -- especially if you're in your car alone and ''Fly'' comes on the radio.
4. Limp Bizkit -- Fred Durst
   Led by self-confessed "freak" Fred Durst, the son of a policeman, hard rock/hip-hop fusion band Limp Bizkit were formed in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida. Completed by guitarist Wes Borland, bass player Sam Rivers and drummer John Otto, the band was further augmented in 1996 by the services of DJ Lethal when his former employers, House Of Pain, ran aground.
5. Limp Bizkit -- Band
   Now overall, Limp Bizkit is a group that is meant to be played loud and prefferably in a residential area. When they stick to this formula of music, you like the CD. It's when they try and be something they are not, like a ballad band, that they fail. And they fail miserably. It's not that they can't do it. It's that they are so much better just sticking to the loud and angst-ridden music they are known for.
6. Seven Deadly Sins
   The Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Corporal Works of Mercy were not the only subjects related to the catechism to be displayed in monumental art. A large corpus of carved fonts depicting the Seven Sacraments survive from the fifteenth century (Nichols (1994)). Subjects such as the Seven Sacraments and the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy are ... found in fifteenth-century glass (Marks (1993), 79-80).
7. Bush -- United States
   Bush was a typical New England Republican of his time; as a former banker, he was a pro-business conservative, but held many positions today considered socially moderate. He was involved with the American Birth Control League as early as 1942, and served as the treasurer of the first national capital campaign of Planned Parenthood in 1947. Bush was ... an early supporter of the United Negro College Fund, serving as chairman of the Connecticut branch in 1951.
8. Phoenicia
   The main product of Phoenicia was the purple dye made from the large sea snail murex, found in the Mediterranean. The huge mounds of crushed snails produced by their dye factories probably made Phoenician cities smell bad. But this was probably easy to overlook because the dye business brought so much income to the Phoenician cities. The Phoenicians ... made a lot of money transporting goods all over the Mediterranean world on ships they built, and they became experts at sailing. It is believed that Phoenician sailors may have been the first to steer their ships at night by looking at the stars. According to a number of Israel's prophets, dating from about 800 B.C. to the time of Ezekiel (597-573 B.C.), the Phoenician city-states of Tyre and Sidon were well-known and important sea traders (see Isa 23.1-18; Ezek 27; Joel 3.4-8; Amos 1.9,10).
9. Verizon -- Verizon Building
   Verizon is rolling out 100 new hybrid sedans in metropolitan areas across the country. Locally, 19 sedans are based in Washington and eight in Northern Virginia. The sedans join 13 hybrid vans already in service in the metropolitan region.
10. Mick Jagger -- Recording
    Paul McCartney, Pete Townsend, and Mick Jagger were comparing gifts that they had received over the years. Paul showed the other two a ring made with jewels cut and fitted into the shape of a beetle and said he had received it from the Queen as a thank you for sharing his music. They both agreed it was impressive. Pete Townsend showed the other two a necklace with gold letters an inch high that spelled 'Tommy' and said that he received it as a thank you for composing the rock opera. They both agreed it was impressive.

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