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Adventures in momentum shifts: co-starring SLCC and CEU - Deseret News (blog)


Deseret News (blog)

Adventures in momentum shifts: co-starring SLCC and CEU
Deseret News (blog)
CEU's victory in the season series was the third win in what eventually became a nine-game winning streak for the Eagles. They raced out to a 6-0 start in ...

Posted on January 29, 2010, 2:39 pm

USU/CEU merger draft bill underway - Cache Valley Daily


USU/CEU merger draft bill underway
Cache Valley Daily
He said CEU would, in essence, need to take financial exigency, but it is unlikely the university's situation will go to those measures. ...

Posted on January 29, 2010, 9:52 am

Opportunities Available to Obtain Pesticide Continuing Education Units - Kilgore News Herald


Opportunities Available to Obtain Pesticide Continuing Education Units
Kilgore News Herald
Pesticide applicators have several opportunities over the next several weeks to participate in a program or programs to obtain the necessary CEU hours to ...

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Posted on January 29, 2010, 6:50 pm

Peacock spent a semester promoting CEU to seniors - The CEU Eagle Online


Peacock spent a semester promoting CEU to seniors
The CEU Eagle Online
On this tour, Peacock visited high schools throughout the state giving presentations and advertising what a great school CEU is and what it has to offer. ...

Posted on January 27, 2010, 6:50 pm

CEU basketball: a family affair - The CEU Eagle Online


CEU basketball: a family affair
The CEU Eagle Online
Many families have had several generations go through the traditions of CEU, allowing for a deep root in its community. However, for this particular family, ...

Posted on January 27, 2010, 7:12 pm

From the coast of Africa to the court of CEU - The CEU Eagle Online


From the coast of Africa to the court of CEU
The CEU Eagle Online
Standing at a towering six foot ten inches tall, Vander Joaquim is all business on the basketball court. Considering his skill, it may be a huge surprise to ...

Posted on January 27, 2010, 7:36 pm

SUN Center sets records - The CEU Eagle Online


SUN Center sets records
The CEU Eagle Online
This surpasses any donation made by CEU in the last 11 years, and brings the grand total to $23533.59 that CEU has given to the food bank. ...
Sun Center helps HaitiThe CEU Eagle Online

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Posted on January 27, 2010, 6:55 pm

Eagles snap four-game losing streak - The CEU Eagle Online


Eagles snap four-game losing streak
The CEU Eagle Online
Halfway through the first half, CEU had built an 11-point lead 19-8, but with five minutes left in the half, CEU started to falter. ...
Lady Eagles continue to struggle in seasonThe CEU Eagle Online

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Posted on January 27, 2010, 7:36 pm

Wild (Scenic) West: CSI men outlast CEU in overtime - Twin Falls Times-News


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Wild (Scenic) West: CSI men outlast CEU in overtime
Twin Falls Times-News
CSI and CEU went to overtime for the third time in four meetings. CSI trailed almost the entire game, leading for less than one minute of regulation. ...
CSI Eagles Win Home Series Over CEU EaglesKMVT
CSI women take ugly win over CEUTwin Falls Times-News

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Posted on January 15, 2010, 1:43 am

China Education Alliance To Begin Trading On NYSE - Quick Facts - RTT News


China Education Alliance To Begin Trading On NYSE - Quick Facts
RTT News
The company announced that its stock will begin trading on NYSE under the symbol: CEU. The company will delist from NYSE Amex. Commenting on the approval ...
China Education Alliance Approved to List on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSEPR Newswire (press release)

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Posted on January 25, 2010, 4:08 pm

CeU Biography

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Céu

Céu live in São Paulo on Aug 13, 2009. Photo by Ariel Martini.
Background information
Birth name Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças
Born April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 29)
Origin São Paulo, Brazil
Genres Brazilian
Occupations singer/songwriter
Labels Urban Jungle
Website Céu

Céu (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɛw]), whose full name is Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças,1 is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose first American album was released on the Six Degrees label in April 2007. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil on April 17, 1980, into a musical family, her father being a composer, arranger and musicologist. It was from her father that she learned to appreciate Brazil's classical music composers, particularly Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazaré and Orlando Silva.

By age fifteen she had decided to become a musician and by her late teens she had studied music theory, as well as the violão (nylon-stringed Brazilian guitar). Her songs reveal her many influences, which include samba, valsa, choro, soul, rhythm and blues, hip hop, afrobeat and electrojazz music.

As Céu herself explained, "I have a passion for Black culture, from Jazz divas to Afro beat. Everything comes from Africa. With Samba, I have a very strong connection to the old school that we call 'Samba de raiz' (Root Samba). I am a vinyl listener, so I tried to bring some of that to the CD, mixing it with modern things like rap or even 'Brega', which is the newest thing in Brazil."2

In particular, she cites as influences the music of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu.

Céu was performing onstage with major artists and exploring the repertoire of the marchinhas (turn-of-the-century carnival music) by her late teens. Soon after that she relocated temporarily to New York City, where she had a chance meeting with fellow Brazilian musician Antonio Pinto, who became her flat mate while he was going through some financial difficulties. She later learned that he was actually a distant cousin, and their relationship was renewed when he teamed up with lead producer Beto Villares, composer of the musical score for the movie O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (2007) to help her record her album. Pinto, who produced Céu's song "Ave Cruz" is the composer of the musical score for two Oscar Nominated films, Central Station (film) (1999) and City of God (film) (2003.)

Originally issued in 2005 on the São Paulo-based Urban Jungle and Beto Villares’ Ambulante Discos, Céu was picked up by Six Degrees/Starbucks/Hear Music in the US and UK (in partenrship with WhatMusic), by LCL in Canada, JVC in Japan and Harmonia Mundi in France and in the Netherlands. Céu has a Latin Grammy nomination for “best new artist” of 2006 and just received a Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary World Music Album." of 2007. She is also riding high on a wave of international success in France, where the influential Les Inrockuptibles recognized her as one of the top 5 musical revelations of 2005, Holland, and Italy, as well as in Canada, where she was recently the fourth highest-selling artist for the Archambault chain of music shops while simultaneously holding the number 32 slot on the pop charts. Debut album in the U.S. with Six Degrees Records as the first international artist on Starbucks' Hear Music Debut Series. Her album was received with critical praise from NPR's Morning Edition, The Associated Press, Reuters, and many more, hailing her as "…a fresh new face in the Brazilian music scene." Her album has sound scanned over 110,000 copies to date, making her the biggest selling Brazilian artist of 2007. Céu reached unprecedented chart numbers for a Brazilian female artist—1 on Billboard's Heatseekers (New Artist) Chart, 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 1 on Billboard's World Music charts. In 2008, Céu received a Grammy nomination for “Best Contemporary World Music Album” of 2007 for her debut album Céu. In 2009, her criticaly acclaimed second album Vagarosa reached in the position #2 on the US Billboard's World Music charts.

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Trivia

  • Ceu's labels around the world: Céu's album was produced by São Paulo based labels Ambulante Discos and Urban Jungle and has been released around the world in partnership with: USA/UK/Germany - Six Degrees Records-sixdegreesrecords.com - France/Benelux/Italy - Harmonia Mundi - Canada - LCL Music - fusion3.com - Japan - JVC Music - jvcmusic.co.jp - Brazil/Mexico/Chile/Argentina/Spain/Portugal WarnerMusic - warnermusic.com
  • Booking Agency: Loop Productions (Europe) - The Agency Group (USA, Australia, Japan)
  • The song "Malemolência" was featured on the soccer game FIFA 08.
  • Céu performed at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games
  • In 2008 Céu formed the São Paulo collective "Sonantes" with Brazilian musicians and producers Rica Amabis, Gui Amabis, Pupillo, Dengue.

Discography

  • 2005 - Céu (#57 Billboard 200/#1 Billboard World Music/#4 Top Independent Albums/#1 Top Heatseekers)
  • 2007 - Remixed EP (digitally released only)
  • 2009 - Vagarosa (#2 Billboard World Music)

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