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Marcus, Markus, or Márkus is a common given name and a family name. See Marcus (name).

Marcus may also refer to:

In places

• Marcus, Iowa, United States
• Marcus, Washington, United States
• Marcus Island, Japan, also known as Minami Torishima
• Mărcuş, a village in Dobârlău Commune, Covasna County, Romania

In people

• Marcus (comedian), finalist on Last Comic Standing season 6
• Marcus (Marcosian), founder of the Marcosian Christian heretic sect
• Marcus (Manichean), Manichean missionary in Spain
• Marcus (usurper) (died 407), Roman usurper emperor in Britain, 406–407
• Marcus (son of Basiliscus), son and co-emperor of Basiliscus
• Marcus Dillistone, Royal Premiered British Film Director.
• Marcus Allen, Hall-of-Fame, former NFL running back for the Raiders and the Chiefs

In music

• Marcus (album), 2008 album by Marcus Miller

See also[link]

• Marcos (disambiguation)
• Neiman Marcus, American retail department store

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Markus Schulz
Markus Schulz in the USA, 2007
Background information
Birth name	Markus Schulz
Also known as	Dakota, Himmel
Born	1975 (age 36–37)
Origin	Eschwege, Germany
Genres	Trance
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Coldharbour Recordings, Armada Music, Ultra Records
Website	http://www.markusschulz.com

Markus Schulz is a German trance music DJ and producer who resides in Miami, Florida, United States. He is best known for his weekly radio show titled Global DJ Broadcast that airs on Digitally Imported radio, After Hours FM and other online stations.^[1] He is also the founder of the EDM label Coldharbour Recordings.^[2]

Producing[link]

Schulz has released six mix compilations and three artist albums under his own name. He has also released productions and albums, Thoughts Become Things and Thoughts Become Things II, under the alias Dakota. Through his work with remixing tracks, he has had the opportunity to work with such artists as: Depeche Mode, Madonna, Everything but the Girl, Jewel, OceanLab, Gabriel & Dresden, Télépopmusik, Fat Boy Slim, Miro, Book of Love, Blue Amazon, and PQM.^[1] His remixes of "Intuition" and "Stand" by Jewel both hit #1 on the Billboard club chart.^[3]

Performing[link]

Markus performing at Mayday, 2010 in Poland.

When not in the studio working on new mixes, Schulz maintains an extensive international touring schedule. He originally held a seven-year residency at The Works in Phoenix, Arizona, where he developed his style. Since then, he has performed at clubs all over the world and has DJ'ed at some of the largest festivals and events, including: Electric Daisy Carnival, Electric Zoo, Monster Massive, Together As One, Ultra Music Festival, Amsterdam Dance Event, Nature One, Dance Valley, Love Parade, Global Gathering, ETD Pop, Trance Energy 2010, Bang Music Festival, Future Music Festival, Bal en Blanc,^[1] at the Episodes 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, and 550 of A State of Trance and at Summafieldayze on the Gold Coast in Australia.

On October 28, 2010, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, placing Schulz at #8 DJ in the world.^[4] As of the 2011 poll, he is #9 in the ranking.^[5]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Without You Near (2005, Armada Music)^[6]
• Progression (2007, Armada Music)^[7]
• Progression Progressed - The Remixes (2008, Armada Music)
• Dakota - Thoughts Become Things (2009, Armada Music)^[6]
• Do You Dream? (2010, Armada Music)^[8]
• Do You Dream? - The Remixes (2011, Armada Music)
• Markus Schulz presents Dakota – Thoughts Become Things II (1 July 2011, Armada Music)^[9]
• Markus Schulz presents Dakota – Thoughts Become Things II (The Remixes) (13 January 2012, Armada Music)^[10]

Compilations[link]

• Coldharbour Sessions (2004, Armada Music)^[6]
• Miami '05 (2005, Moist Music)^[6]
• Ibiza '06 (2006, Moist Music)^[11][12]
• Amsterdam '08 (2008, Armada Music)^[6]
• Toronto '09 (2009, Armada Music)^[6]
• Armada At Ibibza - Summer 2008
• Las Vegas '10 (2010, Armada Music)^[6]
• Prague '11 (2011, Armada Music)^[6]
• Los Angeles '12 (2012, Armada Music)^[6]

Singles[link]

Remixes[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Markus Schulz MySpace Page
• Markus Schulz Twitter Page
• Markus Schulz YouTube Page
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Markus Rühl performing in Biberach an der Riss.

Markus Rühl (born 22 February 1972 in Darmstadt, Germany) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. Rühl began training at the age of 19 following a doctor's recommendation after sustaining a knee injury while playing football. At 120 lb., Rühl began training hard six days a week until deciding to compete on a professional level four years later. During this period he worked as a used car salesman. He possesses some of the biggest shoulders in bodybuilding history, and is one of the strongest bodybuilders alive along with Johnnie O. Jackson, Stan Efferding, Dennis Wolf, and Ronnie Coleman.

Stats[link]

• Height: 1.78 m (5'10")^[1]
• Off Season Weight: 145.14-154.22 kg (320-340 lb.)
• Competition Weight: 130.4 kg (280-295lb.)
• Arm Size: 61 cm (24")(contest)
• Leg Size: 86 cm (34.5")(contest)
• Waist Size: 96 cm (38")

Competitive record[link]

• 2009 Mr. Olympia - 15th^[2]
• 2009 New York Pro - 3rd
• 2006 IFBB Austria Pro Grand Prix - 3rd
• 2006 Mr. Olympia - 8th
• 2005 Mr. Olympia - 15th
• 2004 Mr. Olympia - 5th
• 2003 Arnold Classic - 3rd
• 2002 Mr. Olympia - 8th
• 2002 Night of Champions - 1st
• 2002 Toronto Pro Classic - 2nd
• 2001 Mr. Olympia - 14th
• 2000 Mr. Olympia - 7th
• 2000 Joe Weider's World Pro Cup - 5th
• 2000 Grand Prix England - 5th
• 2000 Night of Champions - 2nd
• 2000 Toronto Pro - 1st
• 1999 Grand Prix England - 7th
• 1999 Joe Weider's Pro World - 7th
• 1999 Night of Champions - 4th

Training movies[link]

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• XXXL-Big beyond belief - 2000
• Made in Germany - 2004
• Big and loving it - 2007
• Ruhling 4 Ever - 2010

See also[link]

• List of female professional bodybuilders
• List of male professional bodybuilders

References[link]

1. ^ Bodybuildingpro.com
2. ^ http://www.bodybuilders.com/ruhl.htm Bodybuilders.com

External links[link]

• Markus Ruhl's Official website
• Video Clip of Markus Rühl posing at the 2006 Mr. Olympia contest
• Markus Ruhl Bodybuilding Gallery

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Ana Margarita Díaz Aceves is better known as Ana Diaz.^[1] She was born on February 6, 1972 in Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico). She is a Mexican composer and singer of Mexican contemporary songs. In her musical style, she mixes sounds like jazz, blues, bossa nova, ballad, pop, latin music, cumbia and Mexican rhythms, which essentially makes her genre world music.^[2]

Biography[link]

Ana Díaz was born in Oaxaca City. Her mother is from Guadalajara, Jalisco and her father from Sola de Vega, Oaxaca. Her love for music and words comes from them. In her most recent work, Ana has approached the Chilean solteca, a genre native to the region, which she inherited from her father’s family, particularly her grandmother. Interested from an early age, she began singing as an adolescent. Years later, she attended the Universidad Intercontinental in Mexico City, where she got a degree in communications. Even though she did not study music formally, Ana dedicated herself to taking private singing lessons. Her first teacher was Nayeli Nesme, Mexican singer-songwriter, whose classes she paid for by singing in religious ceremonies on the weekends. She later moved back to Oaxaca and continued her self-taught musical studies. It was there that she associated with other musicians to form different groups, the most significant ones being the duet formed with Oaxacan singer-songwriter Lorenzo Lopez and that formed with Mexican jazz musician Julio Garcia: Reloj de Arena. With Garcia, she began experimenting with musical genres new to her, such as jazz, funk and blues, also taking her to choral music, traditional music and children’s music. In 2004, she took up her work as a soloist again and together with Cuban pianist Nilda Brizuela, she recorded one of her most significant works: Clouds of June. It has been fundamental to Ana to not focus her work on one single genre. She has opted for fusing diverse musical forms that she has come in contact with and using them in each of her CD´s and compositions. She is a singer, composer, elementary school teacher and businesswoman.

Musical Concept[link]

Aside from being a performer, Diaz writes part of the repertory she sings. She selects the rest of the material ranging from folkloric pieces from her native Oaxaca and Mexico to standards of jazz, bossa nova, trova, choral music, children’s music, blues, Brazilian rhythms, African rhythms and Latin American folklore. She began by singing trova in 1993. Her concept is based on the fusion of diverse sounds and rhythms with palpable influences from Latin music, soft jazz, blues, pop and soul.

History[link]

Ana was a fellow of the FOESCA grant in 2003 and the PECDA grant in 2010. From the beginning, she has been self-taught. She writes some of the songs she performs with arrangements by musicians like Cuban pianist Nilda Brizuela, jazz musician Julio Garcia and the jazz pianist and guitarist Oscar Rafael Martínez from Oaxaca. Throughout her career, Ana has worked with such artists as Ernesto Anaya, Mexicanto, Tania Libertad, Lila Downs, Fernando Delgadillo, David Haro, Jose Hinojosa, Gerardo Peña, Carlos Porcel Nahuel, Victor Martinez, Geo Meneses, Hector Infanzon, Lorena y Los Alebrijes and Jaramar, among others, on various stages of Oaxaca and the rest of Mexico. Ana Diaz's music has been transmitted by different media such as television and the Oaxacan state radio. In 2004, she presented her album Life Begins via the Internet on the radio program La Hora México, transmitted by Radio Círculo de Madrid in Spain which was presented by Alejandro Aura. In March 2007, an interview with her was aired nationally as part of the program Voices Inside for Radio Educación. She was interviewed for The National Hour, which airs throughout the Mexican Republic, in March 2007, introducing the production of Clouds of June.

She devotes herself to promoting her work as a singer-songwriter and performer of contemporary popular music or fusion music giving concerts in various places inside and outside of Oaxaca.

She promotes and supports several cultural projects such as the children's compositions by Rene Cortes, with whom she created Guess What, Tangerine, in 1998, a proposal of children's songs, which in 2004 allowed them to produce The Little House of the Sun, a collection of three books and a CD premiered with the Symphony Orchestra of Oaxaca. In 2008, she participated in the album It’s Time to Learn about Children’s Rights, produced by the State DIF in Oaxaca.

In recent years, Diaz has collaborated with the Mexican singer Lila Downs to benefit the Guadalupe Musalem Scholarship Fund in Oaxaca City for poor, indigenous women to continue their studies.[3] At the moment, Diaz is working as a composer, since she recently received the Maria Greever grant, given by well-recognized Mexican institutions such as Auditorio Nacional, the Alfredo Harp Helu Foundation and CONACULTA, among others. This same year she received the award for Best Interpretation at the Mexico, Song of my Heart nation wide contest with her song “Arrecifes de Coral”.

Highlighted Shows[link]

Among her most important shows are:

• 2006. Festival of Oaxacan Culture, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2006. Third Coyoacan Festival, Mexico City
• 2007. Festival of Oaxacan Culture, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2007. October Festival in Guadalajara, Jalisco
• 2007. Ocean Festival, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca
• 2008. Forum for Oaxacan Creators, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2008. Autumn in Lagos, Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco
• 2009. San Marcos Fair, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
• 2009. Papirolas Festival, Guadalajara, Jalisco
• 2009. Dominical Route Festival, Teposcolula, Oaxaca
• 2009. Iztapalapa Christmas Festival, Mexico City
• 2010. Ortiz Tirado Festival, FAOT, Sonora
• 2010. Macedonio Alcala Theater Centennial, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2010. Humanitas Festival, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2011. May Festivals in Oaxaca 2011, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2011. Rodolfo Morales Cultural Week, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2011. Opening of the Pan-American Races, Huatulco, Oaxaca
• 2011. Opening for Armando Manzanero concert, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2011. Singing roll in CATRINA, directed by Oaxacan dancer/choreographer Noel Suástegui, with eighty artists on stage

Social Causes[link]

• 2002. Listen to the S.O.S., Concert for COESIDA, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2004. First concert in benefit of Estancia Fraternidad, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2005. Second concert in benefit of Estancia Fraternidad, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2007. Concert in benefit of the Rosario Castellanos Women’s Space, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
• 2007. Concert participation in benefit of the Guadalupe Musalem Scholarship Fund along with Lila Downs
• 2009. Musical evening participation in benefit of the Guadalupe Musalem Scholarship Fund along with Lila Downs
• 2011. Musical evening participation in benefit of the Guadalupe Musalem Scholarship Fund along with Lila Downs

Live Collaborations[link]

• 2003. Participation in Amina Lawal, a dance performed by the Contemporary Ballet of the City of Oaxaca, by choreographer Laura Vera
• 2011. Participation in the Contemporary Ballet of the City of Oaxaca, by choreographer Laura Vera
• 2011. San Luis International Fair, with the children’s musical group Bandula, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
• Singing roll in CATRINA, directed by Oaxacan dancer/choreographer Noel Suástegui, with eighty artists on stage

Media Presence[link]

• La Hora Nacional (national radio)
• Animal Nocturno on TV Azteca (national television)
• Radio Educación (national radio)
• IMER (national radio)
• CORTV Oaxaca (local television)
• La Hora México, Spain
• Interview for Spain on musicnightinternational.com
• Various radio programs on the Internet
• Special program for Radio IRA 13, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
• El Imparcial (local press)
• Noticias (local press)
• Mujeres (local magazine)

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 2002: Recuerdos (Memories), independently-produced
• 2003: La vida que comienza (Life Begins), independently-produced
• 2004: Nubes de junio (Clouds of June), independently-produced
• 2008: Esta noche (Tonight), independently-produced

Compilations albums[link]

• 2007: Lo mejor de Ana Díaz (The Best of Ana Diaz), independently-produced
• 2009: Armonía en el Zócalo (Harmony in City Square), produced by the Secretary of Culture and the Arts, Oaxaca State Government)

Collaborations[link]

• 2000: La Luna (The Moon), CD by Italian singer-sonwriter Daniel Semprini, independently-produced
• 2003: La Casita del Sol (The Little House of the Sun), songs by Rene Cortes, produced by Editorial Porrua
• 2007: Es tiempo de aprender los derechos de los niños (It’s Time to Learn about Children’s Rights), produced by the DIF Oaxaca
• 2010: Canta, Oaxaca, y llora (Sing, Oaxaca, and Cry), produced by the Rotary Club of Oaxaca
• 2011: Chulita de mi alma (Precious Soul-Child), independently-produced

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Ana Díaz on Facebook
• Ana Díaz on Twitter
• Ana Díaz on Myspace
• MySpace for Children
• Sound Cloud

Shane 54 (Előd Császár, [ɛløːd tʃaːsaːr]) is a dance music producer and DJ based in Budapest. He's known for his mashups, bootlegs and remixes. He's remixed such leading acts as Paul Oakenfold, Above & Beyond, and Lange amongst others, and worked with labels like Vandit, Anjunabeats, Nebula, AVEX Japan, Logic US and Lost Language.^[1]

As a DJ, he long lost his record case; plays with a laptop, often creating his own mashups in clubs on the fly. He plays outside Hungary quite frequently. He's had gigs in Switzerland, USA, Finland, Germany, Holland, Slovenia, Spain and France.^[2] His weekly radio shows are broadcast on Hungary’s Roxy FM, ETN.FM in America & Trancetream.fm

He also has a TV show: “Laptop DJ” (broadcast on Cool TV Hungary). It's a mixture about the international dance music scene. Watch him traveling around the world to meet artists, DJ's and other interesting people.

He is a member of the group Myon & Shane 54.

Public uproar in Hungary after a deadly accident[link]

He caused a car accident driving at around 100 km/h in Budapest on 17 December 1998, killing a 25-year-old police lieutenant. The jury declared that he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the accident, but reprimanded him for drug abuse.^[3] He was sentenced to 1 year, 6 months of imprisonment suspended to 3 years. It also turned out that after the accident he tried to cheat with his insurance to get money for his ruined car. ^[4] This resulted in public uproar and temporarily held back his career in Hungary. After this incident he has got the notorious nickname "Copkiller" in Hungary.^[5]

See also[link]

• Myon & Shane 54

References[link]