Answers to common questions about love.
..Quiz: Am I In Love?
Everybody feels it and everybody wonders how to tell if it is real - LOVE. Are you really in love? Is your steady in love with you? Take our quiz to get a clue.
Q&A: Am I In Love?
It is a very common question, "How can I tell I'm in love?", but it is not an easy question to answer. We help unravel the mystery in this Q&A.
Info Sheet About Love
A top ten list of quick facts on Love. An essential list for any teen who thinks they may be in love.
Info Sheet on Trust
Trust is an essential part of being in love. Without trust you can't really have love. A quick list of things that make and break trust.
How Do I Make Him Love Me?
What can you do to make someone love you? Is it possbile to force love? An answer to this tough question.
How To Know If Someone Likes You
A simple how to on knowing if someone likes you. Tips and pointers to help you figure out if love is in the cards.
How To Show Someone You're Interested
A simple how to on showing someone you're interested. Tips to help you let on that you are interested in a relationship.
How To Know When It's Love
A simple how to help you figure out if you are really in love.
How To Reject Someone Nicely
You know you are not in love, but the other person is clearly smitten. What do you do? Tips to help you let them down easy.
My Story: Teen Love IS True Love
A first person feature by Mandy Pandy, a 16 year old girl who believes that first love can be the real deal. Read her story and find out why the common belief that teens are too young to know what real love is only sells real relationships short.
Love is Blind but Parent's Aren't
A look at the reasons why parents object to the people you date with tips to help you decide if it is really love or just rebellion.
Summer Loving: It's A Fling Thing!
Why do summer love affairs seem so intense? Are they the real deal or part of a romantic fantasy. A critical look at summer love.
You Said It: Teens on Love
Quotables on love from Teen Advice Forum users. Find out what your peers have to say about love.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Chat history
(Note: chat history for Google Talk is only available to users who are signed in with a Gmail username.)
Chat history allows you to store the text of your Gmail and Google Talk chats in your Gmail account so you can easily search for them later. You can even respond to these chats like you would to regular Gmail messages.
To access your chat history, click the Chats label in your Gmail account. A list of chats will appear, similar to the way conversations are listed in your inbox. You can forward, label, star, and trash chats just like Gmail messages.
When you search in Gmail, matching chat conversations will show up along with matching email conversations. All chats are labeled Chats and are marked with the chat icon () so you can easily distinguish them from emails.
To take better advantage of Gmail's chat functionality, learn how to change your chat history settings, how to go 'off the record' or browse our full list of chat topics.
Chat history allows you to store the text of your Gmail and Google Talk chats in your Gmail account so you can easily search for them later. You can even respond to these chats like you would to regular Gmail messages.
To access your chat history, click the Chats label in your Gmail account. A list of chats will appear, similar to the way conversations are listed in your inbox. You can forward, label, star, and trash chats just like Gmail messages.
When you search in Gmail, matching chat conversations will show up along with matching email conversations. All chats are labeled Chats and are marked with the chat icon () so you can easily distinguish them from emails.
To take better advantage of Gmail's chat functionality, learn how to change your chat history settings, how to go 'off the record' or browse our full list of chat topics.
What is Gmail?
Gmail is a free, search-based webmail service that combines the best features of traditional email with Google's search technology. Gmail makes locating messages so easy that you'll never need to shuffle mail in your inbox again. Besides offering an entirely new way of reading and tracking messages, Gmail includes over 5 GB of storage space -- and we'll keep giving you more space as we're able. Best of all, it's free.
Stopping Unwanted E-mail and Spam -
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The amount of Unsolicited Electronic Junk Mail otherwise know as spam is on the rise. It is becoming harder and harder to avoid getting spam in your inbox. However there are things that you can and should do...
Stopping Unwanted E-mail and Spam
Are you getting snowed under by spam?
If you are getting snowed under by spam already? Then it might be to late. The spammers have already got your Email address. It might have circulated the globe by now from spammer to spammer. What you need to do is change your Email address. 'NO' I hear you cry. OK then be difficult Check the last point below 'Consider using 'anti-spam' or
'spam prevention' software.' It may help.
If you are using an email address given to you by your ISP then contact them. Tell them about the spam and ask them if you can change your Email address. This should not be a problem. Most ISP's will help users getting lots of spam.
If you are using a free Email service such as Yahoo or Hotmail then the process is a bit simpler. Just create a new account. Or try a paid Email service if you can as these will have better control over incoming mail (usually).
Once you have a new or *clean* Email address then there are lots of things you can do to help reduce the amount of spam getting in to your inbox.
•Always have at least 2 different Email accounts. (preferably more) One is given to friends and family etc. The other is used for everything else.
•Be careful with your friends and family Email address.
Do NOT use it on the web. IE: signing up on website's. Use your second address.
•Always read the 'Privacy Policy'.
Before you give any Email address to any website check for a privacy policy. Read it. This document will tell you what the owner can and will do with information you submit. If a website does not have a privacy policy DO NOT SIGN UP. The same information will probably be on other sites just do a google.
•If you post in newsgroups be warned.
Posting to newsgroups is an invitation for spammers to find you. If you do post then create a new email address that you will *just* use for newsgroups.
Or you can consider adding a word, or a character, that is obviously out of place right in the middle of your Email address. If you Email address was john@smith.com then you could try john@nospam.smith.com
This method is used mainly for newsgroups as website's that send you an automated message when you sign up would not be able to get your correct address.
•Do not trust any Email Messages!!
Just because something looks ok doesn't mean it is. Remember the old adage 'If it sounds too good to be true, - it probably is!!'
Email is just another way for someone to try and con you. If you receive an Email from your bank IT MIGHT NOT BE FROM YOUR BANK. Always check and never follow links that take you to a website to enter your personal details. This is a big subject and we will tell you more very soon in another tutorial.
•Email is not secure.
Any and all email could be intercepted and read without you knowing it. NO EMAIL IS SECURE. Never email your credit card number or other personal details to ANYONE. If a company asked you to, remind them that Email is not secure. If they insist take your business else where.
•Do NOT open any files you are not expecting.
If someone send you a message with the subject 'Re: our meeting' or 'Re: the information you requested' STOP and think do you know this person? If not why are they sending you files? 99% of the time on my machine they are viruses or trojan horse programs. If you do open one by mistake RUN YOUR ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM NOW you do have one don't you?
•Consider using 'anti-spam' or 'spam prevention' software.
There is lots of software available to help you stop / report spam. However most are not free. You will have to may to use most but not all software. Spend some time looking around before you choose any piece of software. We will compile a list of several 'anti-spam' or 'spam prevention' tools and add it here soon. For now you can try a search like this on Google. You will find lots.
If you can think of other things that I have forgotten then please let me know and I will update this article with any suggestions.
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The amount of Unsolicited Electronic Junk Mail otherwise know as spam is on the rise. It is becoming harder and harder to avoid getting spam in your inbox. However there are things that you can and should do...
Stopping Unwanted E-mail and Spam
Are you getting snowed under by spam?
If you are getting snowed under by spam already? Then it might be to late. The spammers have already got your Email address. It might have circulated the globe by now from spammer to spammer. What you need to do is change your Email address. 'NO' I hear you cry. OK then be difficult Check the last point below 'Consider using 'anti-spam' or
'spam prevention' software.' It may help.
If you are using an email address given to you by your ISP then contact them. Tell them about the spam and ask them if you can change your Email address. This should not be a problem. Most ISP's will help users getting lots of spam.
If you are using a free Email service such as Yahoo or Hotmail then the process is a bit simpler. Just create a new account. Or try a paid Email service if you can as these will have better control over incoming mail (usually).
Once you have a new or *clean* Email address then there are lots of things you can do to help reduce the amount of spam getting in to your inbox.
•Always have at least 2 different Email accounts. (preferably more) One is given to friends and family etc. The other is used for everything else.
•Be careful with your friends and family Email address.
Do NOT use it on the web. IE: signing up on website's. Use your second address.
•Always read the 'Privacy Policy'.
Before you give any Email address to any website check for a privacy policy. Read it. This document will tell you what the owner can and will do with information you submit. If a website does not have a privacy policy DO NOT SIGN UP. The same information will probably be on other sites just do a google.
•If you post in newsgroups be warned.
Posting to newsgroups is an invitation for spammers to find you. If you do post then create a new email address that you will *just* use for newsgroups.
Or you can consider adding a word, or a character, that is obviously out of place right in the middle of your Email address. If you Email address was john@smith.com then you could try john@nospam.smith.com
This method is used mainly for newsgroups as website's that send you an automated message when you sign up would not be able to get your correct address.
•Do not trust any Email Messages!!
Just because something looks ok doesn't mean it is. Remember the old adage 'If it sounds too good to be true, - it probably is!!'
Email is just another way for someone to try and con you. If you receive an Email from your bank IT MIGHT NOT BE FROM YOUR BANK. Always check and never follow links that take you to a website to enter your personal details. This is a big subject and we will tell you more very soon in another tutorial.
•Email is not secure.
Any and all email could be intercepted and read without you knowing it. NO EMAIL IS SECURE. Never email your credit card number or other personal details to ANYONE. If a company asked you to, remind them that Email is not secure. If they insist take your business else where.
•Do NOT open any files you are not expecting.
If someone send you a message with the subject 'Re: our meeting' or 'Re: the information you requested' STOP and think do you know this person? If not why are they sending you files? 99% of the time on my machine they are viruses or trojan horse programs. If you do open one by mistake RUN YOUR ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM NOW you do have one don't you?
•Consider using 'anti-spam' or 'spam prevention' software.
There is lots of software available to help you stop / report spam. However most are not free. You will have to may to use most but not all software. Spend some time looking around before you choose any piece of software. We will compile a list of several 'anti-spam' or 'spam prevention' tools and add it here soon. For now you can try a search like this on Google. You will find lots.
If you can think of other things that I have forgotten then please let me know and I will update this article with any suggestions.
Keeping the Kids Safe Online -
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Looking after your kids is number one. We know that. We will guide you through the minefield that is the Internet. There are lots of things that you can do.
Read through our check list below and see how you can let your kids access the internet safely.
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Keeping Kids Safe
It is so easy to access just about anything on the world wide web. Children often know a lot more about the Internet than their parents. Just have a read through the list below. This will give you some pointers.
One of the most important things you can do is spend time with your child when they have access to the world wide web.
We know that is not always possible, so what else is there. Well quite a few. But none are as good as spending time with your child when they have access to the world wide web. You must remember that no matter how good a piece of software is it may still crash. Or worse just stop working.
•Teach your children about the dangers of giving out their personal details
•Encourage your children to talk about what they do online
•Use a good ISP that lets you set limits for children. AOL is very good for this
•Use Content Advisor if you use Internet Explorer
•Use a piece of filtering software
Teach your Children Make sure you teach your children about the dangers of giving their names, school etc out to people they don't know. Make sure they realise that the other person might not be telling the truth about themselves. If a child is to young to grasp the dangers then they should not be using the World Wide Web unsupervised.
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Encourage your children to talk
Make sure you encourage your children to talk about what they do online. Find out what they like and don't like about using the World Wide Web. Make sure children know what to do if they visit a web site they don't like. Run good popup blocking software on any children's logon accounts on your computer. Don't tell children off if you see they have been visiting sites they shouldn't. Talk to them and encourage them to tell you about how they got there. Also check your computer for spyware regularly.
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Use a good ISP
If you have children then your ISP can make all the difference. Some ISP's like AOL have built in parental controls. These can be used to control what other members of your family are allowed to se on the Internet. AOL has settings such as PG, 15, etc. Each can be customised to block or allow things like chat rooms, Email and more.
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Use Content Advisor
If you use the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser you can use the built in feature called 'Content Advisor'. For information on Content Advisor and its limitations visit the Microsoft Website.
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Filtering Software
If your ISP does not provide parental control then you can always download software you can install to restrict access. If you do a search on Google for 'parental controls' you will find lots of software, most charge a fee. Some offer a free trial such as CyberPatrol. There are many more online safety programs, the Google ads above should contain a couple.
Always read the website and documentation of any software before you buy to make sure the program does what you want. Try searching on google for 'review' to see what you can find out. Then when you are satisfied you can make the purchase. Be sure to follow our 'Safe Shopping Online' guide.
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Sovereign Holidays
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Emergency Data Recovery
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Umbrella Company
Looking for a suitable umbrella company? Well Atlantic Umbrella Company is a service driven company for contractors. We are an industry leader and an umbrella company for you.
Looking after your kids is number one. We know that. We will guide you through the minefield that is the Internet. There are lots of things that you can do.
Read through our check list below and see how you can let your kids access the internet safely.
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Keeping Kids Safe
It is so easy to access just about anything on the world wide web. Children often know a lot more about the Internet than their parents. Just have a read through the list below. This will give you some pointers.
One of the most important things you can do is spend time with your child when they have access to the world wide web.
We know that is not always possible, so what else is there. Well quite a few. But none are as good as spending time with your child when they have access to the world wide web. You must remember that no matter how good a piece of software is it may still crash. Or worse just stop working.
•Teach your children about the dangers of giving out their personal details
•Encourage your children to talk about what they do online
•Use a good ISP that lets you set limits for children. AOL is very good for this
•Use Content Advisor if you use Internet Explorer
•Use a piece of filtering software
Teach your Children Make sure you teach your children about the dangers of giving their names, school etc out to people they don't know. Make sure they realise that the other person might not be telling the truth about themselves. If a child is to young to grasp the dangers then they should not be using the World Wide Web unsupervised.
top
Encourage your children to talk
Make sure you encourage your children to talk about what they do online. Find out what they like and don't like about using the World Wide Web. Make sure children know what to do if they visit a web site they don't like. Run good popup blocking software on any children's logon accounts on your computer. Don't tell children off if you see they have been visiting sites they shouldn't. Talk to them and encourage them to tell you about how they got there. Also check your computer for spyware regularly.
top
Use a good ISP
If you have children then your ISP can make all the difference. Some ISP's like AOL have built in parental controls. These can be used to control what other members of your family are allowed to se on the Internet. AOL has settings such as PG, 15, etc. Each can be customised to block or allow things like chat rooms, Email and more.
top
Use Content Advisor
If you use the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser you can use the built in feature called 'Content Advisor'. For information on Content Advisor and its limitations visit the Microsoft Website.
top
Filtering Software
If your ISP does not provide parental control then you can always download software you can install to restrict access. If you do a search on Google for 'parental controls' you will find lots of software, most charge a fee. Some offer a free trial such as CyberPatrol. There are many more online safety programs, the Google ads above should contain a couple.
Always read the website and documentation of any software before you buy to make sure the program does what you want. Try searching on google for 'review
top
What is Gmail?
Gmail is Google's free web-based email service. Considered in beta testing status since its public release in 2004, the Gmail service has become famous for the rapid development of new features. Thus, the beta status of the service is not expected to change. Also, the beta status has given Google cover for numerous slip ups with the service, including accidental deletion of user's accounts. Software in beta status is not to be considered fit for critical applications, and users are warned to back up their data frequently.
Storage space has been Gmail's "killer feature" since its inception. Introduced with 1 GB of storage in an era when few web-based email providers offered more than 25 megabytes, Gmail was an immediate success. As other email service providers added storage to compete, Gmail added other features such as chat, draft auto save, keyboard shortcuts, and of course continually increasing the available storage space. Many of these features relied on JavaScript and AJAX methods, which rendered the service incompatible with older web browsers, screen readers, and security-conscious surfers who disable such features. In response, Gmail introduced a plain HTML interface that works in all web browsers.
An early criticism of the Gmail service concerned the Adwords advertisements displayed in the interface when viewing a message. The advertisement content was relevant to the text of the email message, leading some to believe that Google was reading user's email. In fact, a computer was parsing the email for keywords and displaying relevant advertisements. No human has ever had access to user's email other than the account holder himself. Other common criticisms of the Gmail service include the slow rate at which requested features are added, yet innovative unneeded features are being added weekly. For instance, all dates are presented in the American MM-DD-YYYY format, which is confusing to users in the rest of the world who expect DD-MM-YYYY. Instead of adding an option to specify date format, which is a rather trivial feature, Gmail engineers have added HTML formatting to email, RSS feeds, and a chat feature.
Storage space has been Gmail's "killer feature" since its inception. Introduced with 1 GB of storage in an era when few web-based email providers offered more than 25 megabytes, Gmail was an immediate success. As other email service providers added storage to compete, Gmail added other features such as chat, draft auto save, keyboard shortcuts, and of course continually increasing the available storage space. Many of these features relied on JavaScript and AJAX methods, which rendered the service incompatible with older web browsers, screen readers, and security-conscious surfers who disable such features. In response, Gmail introduced a plain HTML interface that works in all web browsers.
An early criticism of the Gmail service concerned the Adwords advertisements displayed in the interface when viewing a message. The advertisement content was relevant to the text of the email message, leading some to believe that Google was reading user's email. In fact, a computer was parsing the email for keywords and displaying relevant advertisements. No human has ever had access to user's email other than the account holder himself. Other common criticisms of the Gmail service include the slow rate at which requested features are added, yet innovative unneeded features are being added weekly. For instance, all dates are presented in the American MM-DD-YYYY format, which is confusing to users in the rest of the world who expect DD-MM-YYYY. Instead of adding an option to specify date format, which is a rather trivial feature, Gmail engineers have added HTML formatting to email, RSS feeds, and a chat feature.
BMW-Sauber file protest in Formula One diffuser row
Melbourne - BMW-Sauber Thursday filed a protest against rival teams Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota over their cars three days ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.
BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen said the team was protesting over the use of the three teams' diffusers.
Protests from Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull were expected to follow.
The dispute centres around the rear diffusers, a part of the bodywork between the rear wheels and under the rear wing which disperse air from under the car.
It is claimed the designs of the Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota cars will give them an unfair speed advantage going into the start of the season.
New regulations limit the size of the diffusers but the three teams have found a potential loophole in the rules by designing the rear bodywork to effectively act as part of the diffuser, increasing its size. (dpa
BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen said the team was protesting over the use of the three teams' diffusers.
Protests from Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull were expected to follow.
The dispute centres around the rear diffusers, a part of the bodywork between the rear wheels and under the rear wing which disperse air from under the car.
It is claimed the designs of the Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota cars will give them an unfair speed advantage going into the start of the season.
New regulations limit the size of the diffusers but the three teams have found a potential loophole in the rules by designing the rear bodywork to effectively act as part of the diffuser, increasing its size. (dpa
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Jonas Brothers' tour stage for upcoming roadshow across the globe is previewed to be a huge two-floor stage.
What to expect from Jonas Brothers' upcoming world tour has been revealed through a video, which gives a closer look into their tour stage. "We're so excited about our upcoming tour that we had to give you guys a sneak peak of our stage," so a message posted on their YouTube in companion of the video.
Put forward in the form of an animated video, the sneak peek shows a huge two-floor stage set in a center of an indoor arena. Stretching to the right and left sides of the main stage, as seen also in the video, are two smaller stages.
Jonas Brothers will kick off their world tour on May 19 in Peru, Lima and will continue touring through November. Jordin Sparks and Honor Society have been booked as their supporting acts. Fans can visit Jonas Brothers' MySpace to obtain more details on their upcoming shows.
Beside prepping to travel across the globe, the Jonas boys are also busy recording new music for their fourth studio album "Lines, Vines and Trying Times". Recently, Nick Jonas commented on the album's title, saying that "Lines are something that someone feeds you, vines are the things that get in the way, and trying times, well, that's obvious."
Sneak Peek of Jonas Brothers' world tour stage:
Put forward in the form of an animated video, the sneak peek shows a huge two-floor stage set in a center of an indoor arena. Stretching to the right and left sides of the main stage, as seen also in the video, are two smaller stages.
Jonas Brothers will kick off their world tour on May 19 in Peru, Lima and will continue touring through November. Jordin Sparks and Honor Society have been booked as their supporting acts. Fans can visit Jonas Brothers' MySpace to obtain more details on their upcoming shows.
Beside prepping to travel across the globe, the Jonas boys are also busy recording new music for their fourth studio album "Lines, Vines and Trying Times". Recently, Nick Jonas commented on the album's title, saying that "Lines are something that someone feeds you, vines are the things that get in the way, and trying times, well, that's obvious."
Sneak Peek of Jonas Brothers' world tour stage:
Wii Fit or gym?
Lawton_The Nintendo Wii is a popular toy. You can even get a good workout from using the Wii Fit Game. But would you actually turn in your gym membership for the electronic routine?
A Lawton personal trainer says the Wii workout is good option for some. "I think is good for those who want to say at home and for those that choose to spend that much money at one time," said Tuesday Rivera. Rivera adds one-on-one time is important with clients. "They can do what it tells them but they can't ask any questions later. If something doesn't feel right they can't say well how come this doesn't feel right or am I doing it wrong. They can't really interact with it."
For gym fanatics, it varies. "Just all depends if you are focused or not. If you are real focused you probably could do it," said Cyril Brown
People at the gym said they haven't seen a drop off in memberships and they don't anticipate one anytime soon.
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A Lawton personal trainer says the Wii workout is good option for some. "I think is good for those who want to say at home and for those that choose to spend that much money at one time," said Tuesday Rivera. Rivera adds one-on-one time is important with clients. "They can do what it tells them but they can't ask any questions later. If something doesn't feel right they can't say well how come this doesn't feel right or am I doing it wrong. They can't really interact with it."
For gym fanatics, it varies. "Just all depends if you are focused or not. If you are real focused you probably could do it," said Cyril Brown
People at the gym said they haven't seen a drop off in memberships and they don't anticipate one anytime soon.
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Lady GaGa Biography
Lady GaGa (born Joanne Stefani Germanotta, 20.3.1986)
Lady GaGa is an American singer and songwriter. She started working for Interscope Records when she was 20 years old, writing songs for Pussycat Dolls, among others.
Lady GaGa: Childhood & Early Career
Lady GaGa was born in Yonkers, New York. Her parents are Italian and she attended a private school, the Catholic Convent of the Sacred Heart. Previous pupils of the school include Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton and Caroline Kennedy.
She started to learn piano as a young child and wrote her first ballad when she was 13 years old. By 14, she was performing at open mic nights and at 17, she earned early admission as a music student to the Tisch School of Arts at New York University. She is one of only 20 people in the world to have ever done so.
Lady GaGa performed in a number of bands, such as SGBand and Mackin Pulsifer, playing venues on the Lower East Side. She soon decided to break away from rock 'n' roll music, and began performing in burlesque shows.
Lady GaGa got her name when the producer Rob Fusari compared her vocal style to that of Freddie Mercury and took the nickname from the Queen song 'Radio GaGa'. It was Fusari that helped her to write some of her early hits, including 'Disco Heaven', 'Dirty Ice Cream' and 'Beautiful, Dirty, Rich'.
Lady GaGa: Breakthrough
Lady GaGa was briefly signed to Def Jam but the working relationship was terminated after just a few months. In 2008, she was signed to Interscope Records. She has been contracted to write songs for a number of high profile pop acts, including Britney Spears, New Kids On the Block and Fergie from Black Eyed Peas.
Akon recognized Lady GaGa's vocal talent when she laid down guide vocals for tracks that she had written for one of his acts. Akon introduced her to RedOne, who produced her debut album. The first track that they produced together was a mash-up of AC/DC's 'T.N.T.' and Mötley Crüe's 'Girls, Girls, Girls'.
In 2007, Lady GaGa performed her act Lady GaGa and The Starlight Revue - with performance artist Lady Starlight - at the Lollapalooza festival.
The following year, GaGa moved to Los Angeles and worked on the completion of her debut album, The Fame. She works with a collective of artists, clothes designers, stage designers and sound artists, under the collective name 'Haus of GaGa'.
The first single to be released from The Fame was 'Just Dance', which reached number one in five different countries. This was followed with 'Poker Face', which went one better and reached number one in six countries. Lady GaGa's first concert tour was with the newly-reformed New Kids On The Block
Lady GaGa is an American singer and songwriter. She started working for Interscope Records when she was 20 years old, writing songs for Pussycat Dolls, among others.
Lady GaGa: Childhood & Early Career
Lady GaGa was born in Yonkers, New York. Her parents are Italian and she attended a private school, the Catholic Convent of the Sacred Heart. Previous pupils of the school include Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton and Caroline Kennedy.
She started to learn piano as a young child and wrote her first ballad when she was 13 years old. By 14, she was performing at open mic nights and at 17, she earned early admission as a music student to the Tisch School of Arts at New York University. She is one of only 20 people in the world to have ever done so.
Lady GaGa performed in a number of bands, such as SGBand and Mackin Pulsifer, playing venues on the Lower East Side. She soon decided to break away from rock 'n' roll music, and began performing in burlesque shows.
Lady GaGa got her name when the producer Rob Fusari compared her vocal style to that of Freddie Mercury and took the nickname from the Queen song 'Radio GaGa'. It was Fusari that helped her to write some of her early hits, including 'Disco Heaven', 'Dirty Ice Cream' and 'Beautiful, Dirty, Rich'.
Lady GaGa: Breakthrough
Lady GaGa was briefly signed to Def Jam but the working relationship was terminated after just a few months. In 2008, she was signed to Interscope Records. She has been contracted to write songs for a number of high profile pop acts, including Britney Spears, New Kids On the Block and Fergie from Black Eyed Peas.
Akon recognized Lady GaGa's vocal talent when she laid down guide vocals for tracks that she had written for one of his acts. Akon introduced her to RedOne, who produced her debut album. The first track that they produced together was a mash-up of AC/DC's 'T.N.T.' and Mötley Crüe's 'Girls, Girls, Girls'.
In 2007, Lady GaGa performed her act Lady GaGa and The Starlight Revue - with performance artist Lady Starlight - at the Lollapalooza festival.
The following year, GaGa moved to Los Angeles and worked on the completion of her debut album, The Fame. She works with a collective of artists, clothes designers, stage designers and sound artists, under the collective name 'Haus of GaGa'.
The first single to be released from The Fame was 'Just Dance', which reached number one in five different countries. This was followed with 'Poker Face', which went one better and reached number one in six countries. Lady GaGa's first concert tour was with the newly-reformed New Kids On The Block
Lady GAGA
Dance sensation LADY GAGA is holding on to the top spot of the U.K. singles chart, enjoying a second week at number one with POKER FACE.
The pop star kept British band Noisettes from their achieving its first chart topper with Don't Upset The Rhythm, which debuted at number two.
Flo Rida's Right Round dropped a place to three, Beyonce Knowles' Halo was at four and Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny) by Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman featuring the Pussycat Dolls jumped 15 places to round out the top five.
In the album charts Ronan Keating's Songs For My Mother also stayed at number one for a second week, with Only By The Night by Kings of Leon at two.
Lady GaGa's The Fame sits at three, Pet Shop Boy's Yes debuted at four and The Collection by Annie Lennox is at five
The pop star kept British band Noisettes from their achieving its first chart topper with Don't Upset The Rhythm, which debuted at number two.
Flo Rida's Right Round dropped a place to three, Beyonce Knowles' Halo was at four and Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny) by Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman featuring the Pussycat Dolls jumped 15 places to round out the top five.
In the album charts Ronan Keating's Songs For My Mother also stayed at number one for a second week, with Only By The Night by Kings of Leon at two.
Lady GaGa's The Fame sits at three, Pet Shop Boy's Yes debuted at four and The Collection by Annie Lennox is at five
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