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	Focus (band) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Focus was a Dutch progressive rock band of the 1970s.
		It was founded by classically trained organist/flutist Thijs van Leer in 1969 and leaned heavily on two of the Netherlands' contemporary music's heavyweights, Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman.
		The band's biggest international hits were the guitar-based instrumentals "Sylvia" and "Hocus Pocus" (The title may have been a deliberate joke on DJs: "That was Hocus Pocus by Focus").
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/f/fo/focus__band_.html (125 words)

	Focus (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the release of their first album In and Out of Focus in 1970, the Dutch band Focus was comprised of pianist and flautist Thijs van Leer, guitarist Jan Akkerman, bassist Hans Cleuver, and drummer Martin Dresden.
		Focus was defunct as an recording and touring band during the 1990s.
		Focus 3 begins with the sprightly, jazz-tinged "Round Goes The Gossip" which includes a quote, sung by Van Leer in Latin, from Virgil's The Aeneid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Focus_(band) (1469 words)

	FOCUS discography, MP3 and reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This band has created excitement all over the world during the past few years with their unique sound and musical approach.
		"Focus 8" marks the return of Thjis Van LEER in the true nature of music: tuneful, memorable and a little bit rocky when they want to be.
		Perhaps in summary, the band could have veered a little from the safety of the FOCUS blueprint but "Focus 9" may yet further develop their own voice.
	www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=658 (356 words)

	Nanotubes Under Stress
		A nanotube's chiral angle--the angle between the axis of its hexagonal pattern and the axis of the tube--determines whether the tube is metallic or semiconducting.
		In semiconductors there is a band gap--an energy barrier that electrons must overcome to reach the conduction band.
		To probe whether band gap changes were responsible for the nanotubes' changing electrical properties, the team used the AFM tip to apply varying levels of voltage to the centers of the tubes.
	focus.aps.org /story/v11/st15 (650 words)

	Focus biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The same year Focus went to the USA and Thijs van Leer released his first solo album, Introspection, which at that time is the all time best selling album in the Netherlands.
		The frantic activity had drained the band and recording sessions in mid-1973 failed to produce a new album, although some of this work was later released as Ship Of Memories in 1976.
		The band is also working on a new album New Skin, which is released at the end of 2006.
	ftp.castel.nl /~wemmg01/focus-bio.htm (1118 words)

	Mimir - Focus Information
		The focus mechanism on the Perkins telescope moves the secondary by 1 inch for every 9600 motor steps commanded to it, and a positive step change moves the secondary away from the primary.
		Focus scans were done with Mimir in the F/5 and F/17 cameras on the 12/2004 engineering run.
		Refocus will be necessary when changing bands, cameras, and as the temperature changes in a night.
	people.bu.edu /clemens/mimir/focus_info.html (141 words)

	Focus - The Press Room
		The band members are skilled with a number of different instruments, and they use their diverse musical backgrounds to weave a unique sound, or "strange brew" as Corbett called it.
		The show was organized by Focus, a D.C. area folk organization and affiliate of the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, Inc. The non-profit group is run entirely by its members and other volunteers.
		Focus puts on a show once a month at each of their two venues: Joe's Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier and the Church of the Resurrection in Alexandria, Va. The shows usually feature one local and one out-of-town folk group or singer/songwriter.
	www.focusmusic.org /PressRoom.html (409 words)

	.:: BAND PRO FILM & DIGITAL INC ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This can result in calibration errors (eyefocus no longer matches index marks on the focus barrel.) In a video imaging system where the resolution is limited and the material captured is shown once on television, small misalignments and errors are barely visible and therefore are acceptable.
		Back focus is accomplished by adjusting the rear element group mechanism farther or closer to the image plane.
		With a back focus chart on a lit set Set up a back focus chart; usually it is a Siemens star, which is a popular pattern because it "pops" in and out as you check focus.
	www.bandprodigital.com /cgibin/eDatCat/BPDstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=TEK-BF (1112 words)

	Focus Discography, Biography and Links at Mr Bill's I.R.S. Records Corner
		Focus was formed in Amsterdam in 1969 by Thijs van Leer (vocals, keyboards and flute), Martin Dresden (bass) and Hans Cleuver (drums).
		For the third LP, Focus III, Havermanns was replaced by Bert Ruiter on bass and the tune "Sylvia" became a minor hit.
		Soon after this release the band went through several personnel changes as well as a change in sound, embracing more of a classical and "pop" motif than the progressive rock they were known for.
	www.irscorner.com /f/focus.html (428 words)

	JamBands.com - Online Music Magazine
		Each band has unique personalities and distinct goals, but they all are essentially after the same thing: to get to a point in time where the band can focus sole ly on the music.
		Being able to focus solely on the music means not having to worry about booking shows, promoting dates, dealing with venues, taking care of record distribution, updating the band's web site, setting up interviews, and all other business-related items inv olved in running a band.
		Veniscofsky informed me that the band has been wo rking overtime preparing for the release of their second CD entitled "Camelopardalis" on Friday, June 9th at the Webster Theater in Hartford, CT. The band has even set up a ticket distribution system for the show.
	www.jambands.com /may00/features/backstage.html (1464 words)

	Review of CD album by Dutch rock band Focus called Focus 8 featuring Thijs van Leer
		Focus 8 marks a return to the true nature of Focus music: tuneful, memorable and a little bit rocky when they want to be.
		Of the other band members, the appropriately-named (for a drummer) Bert Smaak and Bobby Jacobs (Thijs' stepson) lay down a pretty nifty rhythm track, and Jacobs gets his own showcase on 'De Ti O Be Mi' which sounds in places like the soundtrack to some nasty South American movie.
		There is enough here to satisfy all who love the old albums right up to 'Focus con Proby' (note the inclusion of 'Brother') and it has to be said this album has elements of them all.
	www.musicsogood.com /janakkerman/focus8.htm (502 words)

	The Band Program
		The focus of the concert band will be on producing a full and rich sound in all styles of music.
		The concert band consists of all players in the high school band department, and is the top priority within the department.
		The UHS Concert Band performs throughout the year and represents the school district at the IHSMA State Large Group Festival in May, and performs in the annual winter and spring concerts.
	pages.mhlearningnetwork.com /bistlinem/id19.html (973 words)

	Hux Records - CD Album - Focus - Live at the BBC - recorded in March 1976
		Fondly remembered for their chart smash 'Hocus Pocus', Dutch progressive rock band Focus was formed in Amsterdam in 1969 by vocalist/ keyboardist/ flautist Thijs van Leer.
		The band was then completed with the addition of David Kemper on drums, a veteran of many Los Angeles sessions who would later accompany Jerry Garcia and Bob Dylan on tour.
		Fans of Focus will welcome this latest addition to the band's recorded output, newcomers will be able to catch up on the later and less documented period of this band's history.
	www.huxrecords.com /cdsales51.htm (271 words)

	www.myspace.com/thebandfocus
		In all efforts to be a solo act, with the support of his band FOCUS, Jermaine is determined to capture the crown of R/B with a his mellow tenor, powerful high natural, soothing falsetto, the ability to play live instruments, write and produce his own music with timeless lyrics.
		Lyfe is just on artist that focus has played for an backed up.jaystarr an focus are just sitting back patiently waiting for there turn to take over the world an the music game with mind blowing song with the feel of a live band.
		FOCUS is a movement FOCUSed on bringing the world a new song, A song of Beauty, of Hope.
	www.myspace.com /thebandfocus (2726 words)

	Federal Focus, Inc.
		In 1989, Federal Focus expanded its charter to include activities for the preservation of American traditional jazz (also known as "New Orleans" jazz), and the foundation's tax-exempt status was extended to this activity by the IRS.
		The Band is comprised of between eight and twelve talented music students from the Washington, DC area.
		Federal Focus has also provided grants to music departments at schools such as the Duke Ellington School for the Arts in the District of Columbia, and is a supporter of the Washington Folk Festival.
	www.fedfocus.org /children/jazz.html (784 words)

	Best Practices - High School Focus: Air Band
		Air Band is time to get the “invisible kids,” involved in school activities while allowing them to shine in front of their community and peers.
		The first step to planning a successful Air Band is deciding on a date, a theme, and the color scheme of the Air Band décor.
		This year’s Air Band theme was “Bananarama.” After the theme is chosen, Air Band is spread throughout the school and community.
	www.casc.net /bestpractices/airband.php (755 words)

	Get Ready to ROCK! Review of CD albums by progressive rock band Focus called Masters From The Vaults and Live Legends ...
		There are a couple of tracks from the BBC 'Hamburger Concerto' set and two tracks from the band's 1976 Whistle Test session when Philip Catherine had stepped in at a moment's notice for the departed Akkerman.
		On this double CD there are tracks from all periods of the band's history, from the aforementioned Whistle Test sessions through to the more recent 'Live In America' set.
		The 'Focus Medley' is a bit of lazy titling, it's actually a longish section from 'Eruption' which first appeared on 'Moving Waves' and is here taken from the BBC in May 1972.
	www.getreadytorock.com /reviews/focus3.htm (464 words)

	Focus Page One
		It is not intended to be a detailed scientific study of focus, but rather a tale of my attempts to determine what the best approach might be for the amateur imager who is trying to achieve accurately focussed images.
		"The process of focus is the adjustment of the relative positions of the optics and the imaging surface so as to yeild the smallest possible star size on the imaging surface when all other conditions are unchanged".
		What I think this shows is that they are moving toward focus more quickly as they turn the focus control, but in reality will have a harder time achieving a truly accurate "within the band" focus.
	nightskypictures.com /focus1.htm (594 words)

	Focus - DVD of Dutch rock band with footage from 1971 and 1973 including the BBC Old Grey Whistle Test - buy this album ...
		Thijs van Leer is your host and guide in a wonderful journey featuring rare material from 1971 with the band improvising, rehearsing and refining material for the album which would become Moving Waves.
		Also included are extended extracts from the Old Grey Whistle Tests in 1972 and 1973 which helped break Focus into the UK.
		From 1974 there is a rare concert film of the Hamburger Concerto era, in 1976 the short lived Philip Catherine line-up and there are excerpts from the "new Focus" the triumphal come back tour of the USA in 2002
	www.themusicindex.com /commerce/pages/html/focus_dvd.htm (159 words)

	Focus Multimedia
		If you were too young to recall what a prog band 'looked like' back in the early seventies, the depiction of Focus in this DVD is representative; a bunch of very talented young musicians, highly focussed in their music, almost embarrassed to be in the limelight and not a short back and sides between them.
		Focus were one of those peculiar bands (straddling the line between the kraut-rock extremities of Can and Faust and ‘hey-nonny-no’ prog) that had an instantly definable sound.
		A Focus In America Featurette is included where ‘rock babe’ Liz Steen sporting an enticing fl basque laced from the front pops some questions to the band members.
	users.castel.nl /~wemmg01/focus-media.htm (2817 words)

	Focus Shift in z-band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In summer 2001 new PT filters for u, g, r, and i band were installed while the existing z-band filter was retained.
		The new filters (u, g, r, and i) were specified to be 5.0 mm thick while the old z band filter is 5.4 mm thick.
		The i band image is reasonably focused but the z band is two or three units out (where our tolerance is +/-1 unit; the elongation is a sign of astigmatism in the secondary mirror).
	www.jhu.edu /~sdss/PT/OddImages/FocusShift.html (116 words)

	FOCUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Focus is an up and coming local Christian band.
		Focus, like many other bands, has changed faces over the last few years.
		Focus wants those youth to find Jesus because He is that someone who will meet all their needs!
	www.thezone.org /bands/focus2god.html (222 words)

	Welcome to RSJ Online (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		RSJ :The band isn’t even a year old but you hit the studios and brought out an EP and plans of an album are already up.
		RSJ:Who is the principal songwriter in the band?
		Five bands were finalised by mid this year and the recording process began.
	www.rsjonline.com.cob-web.org:8888 /bandlands/BandInFocus.asp (530 words)

	Amazon.com: In and Out of Focus: Music: Focus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Released in 1970, this debut by the Dutch prog band Focus is fairly well developed and many of the elements of the classic Focus sound are in place - a sound that would come to glorious fruition on the excellent Moving Waves (1971) and Focus III (1972).
		A young band rushed in and out of studio (another pun?) would not be judged the same as a veteran band taking their sweet time.
		The album closes with Focus Vocal, which is a pedestrian version of the beginning section of the album opener, Focus Instrumental.
	www.amazon.com /Out-Focus/dp/B00005B363 (2389 words)

	Focus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Focus (geometry), a special point used in describing conic sections
		Focus (film), a 2001 film based on the novel starring William H. Macy
		Focus (producer) - Real name: Bernard Edwards Jr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Focus (247 words)

	Focus Gig Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is a band I never thought I would see live so, as a huge fan, I was pretty excited about their appearance at this year's Whitchurch festival.
		For the uninitiated, Focus were a largely instrumental band from Holland, whose fifteen minutes of fame came around 1972 when they had two hit singles, the melodic instrumental 'Sylvia' and the nutty hard rock/yodelling classic 'Hocus Pocus'.
		Mainly an album band, they played a mixture of medieval influenced progressive rock and blues-tinged jazz, before fading away in the mid to late 70s.
	www.elrose.demon.co.uk /Interviews___Gigs/body_focus_gig_review.html (287 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Music / Documentary Puts Band Rivalry in Focus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Newcombe is a self-destructive troublemaker whose band falls apart from infighting, aided by Newcombe's volatile personality.
		The story of how Taylor and Newcombe deal with the music industry, and how the industry deals with them, serves as a cautionary tale to artists who want their work to be recognized by the public.
		Timoner took the rejection as a sign that the project was better off as a movie and decided to focus on Taylor and Newcombe as the documentary's main subjects.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/04/04/documentary_puts_band_rivalry_in_focus (549 words)

	FOCUS - support for children with disabilities or medical needs
		The annual FOCUS fashion show stars children of all ages and abilities and the professionals who care for them.
		When we went back the next month the pediatric radiologist discovered that the band of fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of Charlie’s brain was completely missing.
		FOCUS offers emotional, informational, and physical support to families with children with disabilities or ongoing medical needs.
	www.focus-ga.org (1043 words)

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