Toy museum

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Toy museums are museums for toys. They typically showcase toys from a particular culture or period. Some museums such as the American Museum of Natural History have toys on display in their permanent collection, but are not full-fledged toy museums and as such are not listed here. Also, organizations. such as The Doll and Toy "Museum" of NYC that hold toy collections but are not open for public viewing are not listed here. vinyls car

Notable toy museums around the world toy excavator

currently open museums

The Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh), on the Royal Mile, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The National Farm Toy Museum, a museum located in Dyersville, Iowa that specializes in preserving and displaying scale models, replicas, and toys based on farm equipment.

The Museum of Toys and Automata in Verd, Catalonia. Founded in 2004.

The Toy and Plastic Brick Museum in Bellaire, Ohio, USA. Founded in 2006.

The Nuremberg Toy Museum - a toy museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1971.

Pollock's Toy Museum - a small museum in Covent Garden, London, first opened in 1956.

Shankar's International Dolls Museum, a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India, opened in 1965.

Strong - National Museum of Play - a Smithsonian affiliate in Rochester, New York, founded in 1982, that documents the history of play in American culture. It includes the National Toy Hall of Fame - a hall of fame for popular toys, opened in 1998.

The Istanbul Toy Museum - a small museum founded in 2005, and located in the Gztepe district of Istanbul, Turkey, in the garden of the Eyp Sultan Mosque.

The Brighton Toy And Model Museum, in Brighton, Sussex, England, has an extensive collection of toy and model trains, as well as many other toys, dolls, construction models and military dioramas.

The Whistle Museum.

The Saint Petersburg Toy Museum - a non-state cultural establishment, Russia. Founded in 1997.

The Toy Washing Machine Museum www.picasaweb.google.com/toy.washing.machine.museum - an Italian Private Collection, virtual Museum Italy Founded in 2004.

The Toy Museum of NY-is open wed-sunday, formally The Doll and Toy Museum of NYC, established 1999 and open to the public., www.toymuseumny.org

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History is a non-profit organization that houses the small-format Barbie Museum gallery with hundreds of Barbie dolls, family members, friends and accessories on display. It was founded in 1999 and is presently located in Boynton Beach, Florida in Palm Beach County in Southern Florida.

closed museums

The Bear Museum, a teddy bear museum, founded in Petersfield, Hampshire in 1984. Closed in 2006.

The Teddy Bear Museum of Naples - a teddy bear museum, which opened in 1990 in north Naples, Florida, and closed in 2005.

The Toy Town Museum is located in East Aurora, New York, the home of Fisher-Price. It was located on the Fisher-Price campus althout it operated as an independent entity. It is currently looking for a new location.

A display of Roman toys at the Museum of Archaeology in Tarragona, Spain

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DriveSavers

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DriveSavers is a privately held company in Northern California that provides data recovery services to home users, corporations, educational institutions, non-profit organizations and government agencies. DriveSavers specializes in recovering data lost or corrupted by user error, computer malfunction, viruses, and natural disasters.

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2 Services potty chair baby bjorn

2.1 High security

2.2 Encrypted data recovery

2.3 Forensics

2.4 RAID/NAS/SAN server recovery

3 Company milestones

3.1 Industry largest certified ISO 5 (Class 100) cleanroom

3.2 SAS 70 Type II Certification

3.3 Data recovery industry standards

3.4 Notable disasters

3.4.1 unken Treasure

3.4.2 1700-Degree Inferno

4 References

5 External links

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History

CEO Jay Hagan and President Scott Gaidano founded DriveSavers in 1985. Since its inception, the company sole focus has been on data recovery.

Currently, the company employs over 80 professionals and supports over 8,000 business partners worldwide. Trained and certified by leading encryption software vendors, DriveSavers data recovery engineers can recover lost data from encrypted hard drives, software and peripheral devices.

Notable customers include: The Rolling Stones, Bank of America, DreamWorks, Fujitsu, NASA Goddard Space Center, VISA, Western Digital, the U.S. Department of Defense and all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

In November 2007, the Community Development Agency of Marin County, California officially recognized DriveSavers as a Certified Green Business.[unreliable source?] To earn their green certification, the company had to show that it meets higher standards than required by law in energy and water conservation, waste reduction, and pollution prevention.

Services

DriveSavers focuses on data recovery. The company concentrates R&D investments on the development of proprietary data recovery hardware, software and cleanroom technology, and training and certification of data recovery engineers.

High security

Certain government and corporate customers require extra security during data recovery. In addition to their cleanroom environment, DriveSavers is approved to handle the recovery of data that requires high-security measures[specify].

Encrypted data recovery

When handling encrypted drives, DriveSavers creates sector-by-sector images of the source drive during the recovery process. Data is then returned to the customer encrypted or fully decrypted, depending on preference.

Forensics

DriveSavers works with law enforcement agencies and other legal entities in the United States and abroad, providing forensic evidence with full legal compliance, security and confidentiality for litigation purposes. Recovered data is imaged using EnCase, the court-validated industry standard for evidence documentation.

RAID/NAS/SAN server recovery

DriveSavers Enterprise Systems Group recovers data from all types of high-capacity RAID, NAS, SAN, tape and multi-disk servers, recovering databases, ERP/accounting systems, mail servers and other data for organizations of all sizes.

Company milestones

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Industry largest certified ISO 5 (Class 100) cleanroom

In August 2008, DriveSavers finished building the industry largest and most advanced[citation needed] ISO 5 (Class 100) cleanroom at 2,000 sq. ft. During the recovery process, data recovery engineers open each storage device to inspect for physical damage and repair delicate components. Without optimal conditions, tiny airborne particles can accumulate on the open hard disk drives, causing read-write heads to malfunction and damage the device platters.

To prevent contaminant damage, DriveSavers performs data recoveries in an ISO-certified cleanroom environment. As the most technologically-advanced[citation needed] data recovery cleanroom environment in the industry, it features Certified ISO 5 (Class 100), ISO 6 (Class 1,000) and ISO 7 (Class 10,000) cleanroom areas, an ISO 8 (Class 100,000) clean zone for their inventory of 20,000 parts and drives, and a triage area where drives are wiped free of excess contaminants and debris prior to entering the cleanroom.

Cleanroom specifications include:

Conforms to federal cleanroom standards: includes ISO14644-1:1999E, IEST-RP-CC-012.1 and Federal 209 E.

Class 1-compatible construction materials: the cleanroom is made of non-shedding, corrosive resistant and low out gassing materials to minimize the introduction of AMC (airborne molecular contamination) into the room.

Full-coverage ionizing blowers above workstations: ensures control of ESD (electrostatic discharge) in all critical areas of the cleanroom.

Strict air contamination control: filtered air space contains less than 100 particles per cubic foot at 0.5 microns or larger. (A non-controlled environment can have as many as 1 million particles of this size.)

SAS 70 Type II Certification

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DriveSavers is the only data recovery company in the world that is SAS 70 Type II compliant, conforming to the corporate industry standard for an overall control structure. Unlike Type I certification, Type II verifies that data hosting control objectives and control activities are in place, suitably designed, enforced and operating effectively to achieve all desired security control objectives. Every aspect of their facility and network is designed to protect personal and confidential data from a security breach during the data recovery process.

The DriveSavers secure data recovery environment also includes a certified Self-Defending Network. The network is protected by a defense-in-depth architecture that includes firewalls, intrusion protection systems, managed security services and 24/7 real-time monitoring.

The SAS certification process requires an in-depth annual audit of data hosting control objectives, activities and related processes by accounting, auditing and information security professionals over a period of 612 months.

A Type II Audit and Certification verifies that data hosting control objectives and activities are in place, suitably designed, enforced and operating effectively. Routine testing and monitoring of the network ensures that critical systems (firewalls, routers and servers) are configured, maintained and operating according to the company security policy, ensuring a consistent safeguard is in place for protecting valuable data.

DriveSavers also meets all HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) requirements, upholding the highest standards of confidentiality and data protection required by the healthcare industry.

Data recovery industry standards

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In October 2008, DriveSavers developed standards for the data recovery industry to help customers determine if a data recovery service provider has the necessary expertise and certifications to safely recover and process data. Those standards are:

Data recovery is performed in an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) certified cleanroomhen a data storage device is open, even the tiniest airborne particles can cause the read-write heads to malfunction. Recovering data in a certified ISO 5 (Class 100) cleanroom ensures that these tiny particles are eliminated from the air and present no threat to an open drive.

Organization complies with informational technology control auditsomplying with auditing standards, such as the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70 ensures that every aspect of the facility and network is certified secure to protect personal and confidential data. The organization should adhere to Government protocols and Corporate America requirements for overall control structure, and assure customers that their data is protected from a security breach during the data recovery process.

A certified secure network environment protects data. The network must be able to prevent hacking activity and other network attacks even before antivirus companies have time to develop new virus signatures to thwart them.

When the integrity of encrypted data is a concern, data recovery technicians must be trained and certified experts in multiple encryption recovery techniques and processes in order to recover data from encrypted files.

Manufacturer authorizationhen a recovery service meets their criteria, technology manufacturers will authorize a data recovery company to open and work on their devices without voiding the original warranty.

Notable disasters

Some of DriveSavers most notable success stories have received extensive media coverage throughout the world. The company "Museum of Bizarre Disk-asters" showcases their most dramatic data recoveries:

unken Treasure

The company most famous[citation needed] disaster is the PowerBook that sank to the bottom of the Amazon River. The owner of the laptop was working on a cruise ship when it suddenly sank. Desperate to retrieve her laptop, on which was stored years of work on a novel she was writing, the owner rented Scuba gear and (against all salvage laws) dove to the bottom of the murky, piranha-infested river to retrieve her computer and precious data. The laptop was then shipped off to DriveSavers who managed to recover all of her data.

1700-Degree Inferno

Another of the museum disasters is a computer that suffered extensive damage during a warehouse fire. An export company located in Sausalito, CA lost all their business records when the computer was reduced to a charred heap of metal. The intensity of the fire was so hot, that several objects sitting on top of the computer, including a stapler, melted right into the frame. DriveSavers managed to recover all the data within 24 hours, putting the export company back into business[citation needed].

References

^ Can I Recover from Recovering My PC?, Washington Post. From PC World. October 2, 2008.

^ DriveSavers offers discount to hurricane victims, Geek.com. September 19, 2008.

^ DriveSavers Reaches Out to Victims of Nor'easter Storm., The Free Library. 2007.

^ Mud-Caked Drives Yield Water, Dirt, and Data - Picture Story, Tomshardware.com. May 11, 2009.

^ a b Cyber-saviors, San Francisco Business Times. April 7, 2000.

^ DriveSavers' high success rate makes data recovery routine, ZDNet Asia. November 12, 2002.

^ Hard-drive CPR , CNET News. February 12, 2008.

^ A hard disk failure puts critical business information at risk , Network World. 12/04/2008.

^ Fujitsu and the Giant Magnet, WindowsITPro. February 10, 2009.

^ DriveSavers Recovers Sensitive Data for the United States Air Force, FOSE Conference 2009, BOOTH No. 1331. March 10, 2009.

^ DriveSavers Becomes a "Green" Machine , BNET. November 14, 2007.[unreliable source?]

^ DriveSavers RAID Recovery Services, HP PDF.

^ View Document, Sony eSupport. 03-15-2009.

^ Data Recovery, Maxell USA. 2006.

^ Guardian Edge Letter, Guardian Edge. August 27, 2008.

^ DriveSavers Stays True to Data-recovery Roots, PC World. From MacWorld. August 29, 2008.

^ a b ISO 5 (Class 100) Cleanroom Proof, ISO 5 (Class 100) Cleanroom Proof. June 13, 2008.

^ Fujitsu mag EraSURE Device's Secure Data Disposal Capacity Validated by DriveSavers Data Recovery, Fujitsu United States. January 8, 2007.

^ Hard Drive Data Recovery & Warranty Implications, Apple Support. January 09, 2008.

^ Data Recovery Service, HP Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP).

^ Miracle Data Recovery , 7x7. MacWorld 2009.

External links

DriveSavers Data Recovery Company website

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Rexam

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History

The company was founded by William Vansittart Bowater in 1881 in London selling paper. In 1923 his son, Eric, refocused the business into paper manufacturing under the name Bowater Paper Mills. The Company diversified into tissue manufacturing in 1956 forming Bowater-Scott, a joint venture with the Scott Corporation; Scott Corporation bought out the Bowater interest in the joint venture in 1986. In 1995 the name was changed to Rexam, an abbreviation of the name of one of the Company's subsidiaries, Regal Paper America, and the business was refocused again - this time into consumer packaging.

In 2007 Rexam disposed of its glass manufacturing businesses to Ardagh Glass Group so as to concentrate on its beverage can production worldwide. It then went on to acquire O-I Plastics, a plastic packaging business in North America. piston filler

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Rexam is a leading global consumer packaging company. It is one of the leading global beverage can makers and a major global player in rigid plastic packaging. It is business partner to some of the world most famous and successful consumer brands. Rexam's sales from ongoing operations are in the region of 4.8 billion. It has 105 plants in more than 20 countries and employs around 23,000 people. Rexam is a member of the FTSE 100 and its ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. Rexam produced about a quarter of the 260 billion cans manufactured globally in 2009, including 45% of total beverage cans sold in Europe and 68% of beverage cans sold in South America. Its global operations span Europe, the Americas and Asia. strapping tool

References

^ a b Rexam History

^ a b Grace's Guide

^ Rexam sells UK glass

^ Rexam buys O-I Plastics

^ REXMY 2007 Annual Report, p. 17 via Wikinvest

^ "About Us - Company Overview" (in English). REXAM. 2007. http://www.rexam.com/index.asp?pageid=14. Retrieved 2007-08-08. 

External links

Companies portal

Rexam (official site of Rexam)

Rexam Profile at Wikinvest

http://www.marketsensus.com/rexam-swot-analysis-p-63705.html Swot analysis on Rexam

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Panasqueira

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Panasqueira is a one of the largest tungsten mines in the world. It is located in Castelo Branco, Portugal. pressure calibrator

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Fluorapatite on ferberite, Minas da Panasqueira, Level 3, Beira Baixa, Portugal (2002) positive displacement pump

The current low price of tungsten and the competition from other sources means that commercial operation is tough. This classic locality has for over 100 years produced, and keeps on producing, fine collector specimens. These include exceptional specimens of fluorapatite, ferberite, arsenopyrite, siderite, quartz and numerous other species such as: chalcopyrite, sphalerite, dolomite, calcite, mica, tourmaline, fluorite, topaz and triplite. It has also produced some very rare minerals including panasqueiraite and thadeuite. The great feature of these specimens, apart from their quality, is the fact that they almost always combine quite a few mineral species, so the paragenesis has made this mine famous throughout the world.

For many years the sale of mineral specimens from the mine was forbidden, as tungsten was a strategic mineral. Quite a few years ago, and at the same time as Portugal began to change after its entry into the European Union, things began to become easier. However, unfortunately, obtaining good specimens has once again become more difficult, but this time due to the way the mine is worked and the lower grade seams.

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Crystal Kay

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Early life and beginnings

Kay was born and raised in Yokohama in the Kanagawa Prefecture to an African American father and a South Korean mother. Her father was a bassist from New Jersey and her mother was a professional singer. Kay previously attended Kinnick High School and Sophia University, which is the same college Beni Arashiro currently attends: the two are reported to be good friends. Although her mother is of Korean background, Crystal does not speak Korean, and is fluent in Japanese and English, the latter influencing and making a regular appearance in her songs. She has also studied French. Kay cites Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson as her biggest influences.

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1999-2001: Debut and subsequent image change craft piggy bank

At the age of twelve, Kay signed to the label Epic Records in Japan. One year later she released her debut single "Eternal Memories", on July 1, 1999. Despite peaking at #47, "Eternal Memories" has since become Kay's eight best selling single. 1999 saw the release of two more singles, "Teenage Universe ~Chewing Gum Baby" on September 8 and "Komichi no Hana" on November 3, the former peaking at #47 and the latter at #80. Kay's debut studio album, "C.L.L Crystal Lover Light" was released on March 23, 2000. This album is noted by fans to have a more indie and acoustic feel as opposed to her later albums which mainly come under the genres of pop and R&B. Kay was just fourteen years old when this album was released. "C.L.L Crystal Lover Light" debuted at #60 on the Oricon charts. A fourth single was released on the same day as "C.L.L Crystal Lover Light", entitled "Shadows of Desire". Because of its release date it became Kay's first single to fail to chart. "Shadows of Desire" was Kay's first A-side to be sung entirely in English. marquee codes

After an almost year long period of inactivity, Kay returned to the music scene with the single "Lost Child". The single, which was a collaboration with Shinichi Osawa and Hiroshi Fujiwara was released on February 15, 2001 and reached #55 on its debut week. Despite Kay only being credited as a featured artist on the song, it was still featured on her next album "637: Always and Forever". Her fifth single "Girl's Night" came three months later on May 9, 2001. The single saw the introduction of urban influences in Kay's music. Despite this new style, the single peaked at #100. One of the b-sides, "Make Me Whole" was a cover of the Amel Larrieux song of the same name. Kay's next single, "Ex-Boyfriend", was released on July 4, 2001. It featured rapper Verbal of the hip hop duo M-Flo. The single was a success for Kay, peaking at #44, and became her best selling single at the time of its release. Kay released her sophomore effort on August 22, 2001, entitled "637: Always and Forever". The album became Kay's first album to reach the top twenty of the Oricon chart when it debuted at #19, and sold 15,640 copies in its first week. Kay finished off 2001 with her seventh single, "Think of U", released on November 28, 2001. The single was Christmas-themed. It debuted and peaked at #60.

2002-2006: Rise in popularity and commercial success

Nine months after her last single, Kay released her eighth single "Hard to Say" on August 7, 2002 and sold over double than her previous best selling single "Ex-Boyfriend". It became her first top thirty single when it debuted peaked at #26 on the Oricon chart. The single was followed by the release of Kay's next single "Girl U Love" and her third studio album "Almost Seventeen", on October 23, 2002. "Almost Seventeen" became Kay's breakthrough album, exceeding expectations and debuting at #2 on the charts behind Mai Kuraki, selling 51,360 in its first week. The album spent a year on the charts, quickly being certified platinum by RIAJ.

Three months later Kay released "Boyfriend: Part II" on January 22, 2003. It peaked at #23. Her next single came five months later, and was another collaboration with M-Flo. The single, called "I Like It", was released under the title "Crystal Kay loves M-Flo". "I Like It" peaked at #8, becoming Kay's first top ten hit and eventually sold around 50,000 copies. Another single, "Candy" was released a month before her fourth studio album "4 Real" on October 22, 2001. "Candy" debuted inside the top thirty of the Oricon charts at #21, her fourth single in-a-row to do so. Her fourth studio album, "4 Real", was released on November 27, 2003 along with Kay's thirteenth single, "Can't be Stopped". "4 Real" debuted at #6 on the charts behind household names in Japan such as Aiko, Do As Infinity and Mika Nakashima and sold 86,310 copies in its first week.

Kay's debut English album "Natural: World Premiere Album" was released about a month after "4 Real" on December 17, 2003. The album consists of English versions of some of Kay's tracks from previous albums and covers of a few popular songs, by artists such as Gladys Knight, Cyndi Lauper and Judy Garland. Despite its title, "Natural: World Premiere Album" was never released outside of Japan. It is currently Kay's lowest selling album.

On May 12, 2004 released her fourteenth single "Motherland", the first of two that year. "Motherland" was used as the third ending theme for the anime adaption of Fullmetal Alchemist. It was the ending theme from episodes 26 to 41. The single debuted at #9 on the Oricon chart, her second single to debut in the top ten. Just under two months after "Motherland", Kay released her first compilation album, "CK5". The album was release on June 30, 2004 and featured a selection of tracks from Kay's four previous studio albums, as well as her latest single "Motherland". The album celebrates Kay's fifth anniversary since the release of her debut single "Eternal Memories" in 1999, hence the title. "CK5" peaked at #2 on the weekly chart and charted for 49 weeks, eventually being certified platinum by RIAJ. Another single, "Bye My Darling!" was released on November 17 and peaked at #40 on the Oricon chart. It was Kay's final release of 2004.

The single "Kiss" started off 2005 for Kay. It was released on January 26, 2005 and peaked at #10 on the Oricon chart. The single had longevity at eventually became her second best-selling single. "Kiss" was the CM song for NTT DoCoMo "Music Porter". "Kiss" was written by the same songwriter of the ballad "Yuki no Hana" by Mika Nakashima. Kay's fifth studio album, "Crystal Style" followed two months later on March 2, 2005. The album debuted at #2 and sold 296,756 copies. The album became the 44th best selling album of 2005 in Japan.

Kay released her seventeenth single "Koi ni Ochitara" on May 18, 2005. "Koi ni Ochitara" was used as the theme song for the drama "Koi ni Ochitara: Boku no Seik no Himitsu". The single is currently the best selling single of her career, selling 295,456 copies to date. In its first week it sold 73,717 copies, in its second week it dropped to #4 and sold 51,546 copies, and in the third week it fell one place to #5, selling a further 38,302 copies. Kay's next single was a collaboration with the R&B duo Chemistry called "Two as One". The single was released on October 5, 2005 and peaked at #2 on the Oricon chart, much like "Koi ni Ochitara" earlier that year. "Two as One" was released under the name "Crystal Kay Chemistry".

On February 8, 2006, Kay released her nineteenth single, "Kirakuni/Together". "Kirakuni" was her second A-side to be sung entirely in English, the first being "Shadows of Desire". This single was recorded in the U.S. with producers Jam & Lewis, who are known for working with the likes of Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. The second A-side "Together" was used as the theme song in Japan for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The single debuted at #27. Two weeks later Kay released her sixth studio album "Call Me Miss..." on February 22, 2006. In its first week, "Call Me Miss..." debuted at #2 on the Oricon chart as well as #9 on the World Album Chart, selling 116,050 copies that week. It has since been certified platinum by RIAJ and was the 50th best selling album of 2006 in Japan.

2007-2008: First number-one and decline in sales

After about a years hiatus, Kay returned to the music scene with the single "Kitto Eien ni", which was released January 17, 2007. "Kitto Eien ni" was used as the ending theme of the action film "Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru", starring Jun Matsumoto. The single debuted at #12 and charted for seven weeks, selling 19,615 copies. Kay's twenty-first single "Konna ni Chikaku de..." was released just a month later on February 28, 2007. It was used as the ending theme to the anime adaption of the manga "Nodame Cantabile". The single debuted at #14 on the Oricon chart and charted for eight weeks, selling 15,158 copies to date. "Konna ni Chikaku de..." was performed live for the special Nodame Orchestra concert at the Tokyo International Forum on the single's release date. Another single, "Anata no Soba de", was released on May 16, 2007. The single only featured one track and thus was sold at the lower price of 525 in Japan. This single was the CM song for Menard Facial Salon. Kay released her seventh studio album "All Yours" a month later on June 20, 2007. The album's theme was love. The track "Lonely Girl" was featured on the Japanese airings of the drama "Lost" and featured on the soundtrack to the third series in Japan. The second track on "All Yours", "Dream World" was used to promote the "Barista's Special" for Tully's Coffee. The album debuted at #1, selling 51,211 copies in its first week. "All Yours" became Kay's first number-one release. The album has sold 136,841 copies and charted for nine weeks.

On November 28, 2007, Kay released her first EP entitled "Shining". The EP had a Christmas theme and featured the title track "Shining" as well as a second new track "Snowflake" and the previously released tracks "Happy 045 Xmas" and "No More Blue Christmas", originally featured on "Natural: World Premiere Album". It debuted at #21 on the Oricon chart. "Shining" was used as the CM song for "PARCO X'MAS 2007" throughout the Christmas period. Kay also starred in the CM, where she was flying on a reindeer.

On March 3, 2008 it was revealed that Kay was chosen to sing the theme song to the 2008 Pokmon film "Giratina to Sora no Hanataba: Sheimi". She also played the voice of "Nurse Joy's Chansey" in the film. The film's producers had apparently been considering the singer since 2001, when she sang "Lost Child" with Shinichi Osawa and Hiroshi Fujiwara for the soundtrack of the film "Satorare". As expected a single was released. However it was not the recently announced Pokmon theme song, but a different single entitled "Namida no Saki ni". "Namida no Saki ni" was released on June 11, 2008. It was Kay's first single in over a year, since the release of the single "Anata no Soba de" on May 16, 2007. "Namida no Saki" was used as the CM song for Tully's Coffee commercials throughout June 2008. This song exhibited a new, pop-rock sound for the singer. The single debuted at #29 on the Oricon daily chart and eventually debuted at #42 on the weekly chart. To date, the single has sold 3,587 copies. One month later on July 16, 2008, the Pokmon single, entitled "One", was finally released. "One" debuted at #25 on the daily chart and debuted at #32 on the weekly chart, selling 2,237 copies. To date, "One" has sold 6,522 copies.

For her eighth studio album "Color Change!" Kay had songs produced by Bloodshy & Avant and Jam & Lewis. Kay had previously worked with Jam & Lewis in 2006. The album was released on August 6, 2008. The title "Color Change!" reflected from Kay's graduation from Sophia University that year. "Color Change!" peaked at #6 on the Oricon daily chart and #8 on the weekly chart, selling 15,519 copies in its first week. The album sold 33,290 copies after seven weeks on the charts. "Color Change!" was eventually certified gold by RIAJ. "Color Change!" was the 289th best selling album of 2008 in Japan.

2009-present: Tenth year in the industry

On February 18, 2009, Kay was a featured artist along with Verbal of M-Flo on the song "Universe" with South Korean singer BoA from her single Eien/Universe/Believe in Love. The single peaked at #8 and has sold 21,789 copies. On May 15, 2009 it was revealed that Kay and Jin Akanishi, from the boyband KAT-TUN, wrote a duet together called "Wonder". The song was first performed by Akanishi on the KAT-TUN's concert tour in 2009. This was the second time that Kay sang with him, the first time being during her second appearance on KAT-TUN's variety show called Cartoon KAT-TUN. Both Akanishi and Kay have decided that their unit name will be "Crystal Red", which is a kind of shrimp.

On August 12, 2009, Kay released her twenty-fourth single, "After Love: First Boyfriend/Girlfriend". The single was announced on Kay's official website on July 1, 2009, which marks the tenth anniversary since the release of Kay's debut single in 1999. "After Love: First Boyfriend" features Kaname from the J-pop duo Chemistry. "After Love: First Boyfriend" is a follow up to Kay's 2003 single "Boyfriend: Part II" and used as the CM song for Tully's Coffee commercials throughout July 2009. "After Love" was written by Craig McConnell and Canadian artist Shobha, with Japanese lyrics by Crystal Kay. "Girlfriend", featuring the Korean artist BoA with whom Kay is reportedly close friends, was used as the image song for the Japanese dubbed release of the feature film "He's Just Not That into You" starring Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck. The single's b-side, "Deaeta Kiseki", was released digitally in December 2008 and was also used as the CM song for Tully's Coffee that month. "After Love: First Boyfriend/Girlfriend" is Kay's second double A-side single, and her first since "Kirakuni/Together" in 2006. The single landed on the Oricon Daily Chart at peak position #21 and on the Oricon Weekly Chart at #31.

On September 2, 2009, Kay released her second compilation album, entitled "Best of Crystal Kay". The collection featured over thirty tracks from her discography. "Best of Crystal Kay" was also released with a "limited edition" disc containing four new songs, including "Step by Step", produced by Yasutaka Nakata of Capsule. It was used as the theme song for "Janguru Taitei" which aired from September 5, 2009. Another new song, entitled "Over and Over" will also be in the CD. It is currently used in a commercial for NTT's "Live On FLET'S". Kay did not star in this advert. "Over and Over" was produced by Taku Takahashi of M-Flo. The fourth track "Helpless Night" is a collaboration between Kay and Jin Akanishi of KAT-TUN and is performed almost entirely in English. The collection debuted at #2 on the Oricon Daily Chart, and sold almost 30,000 copies that day alone, and ultimately dropped to #3 on the Weekly Chart, behind Superfly's "Box Emotions" and the second week sales of Arashi's "All the Best! 1999-2009". It sold 87,669 copies that week. This is Kay's best peak position on the Oricon Chart since since "All Yours" in 2007, as well as her best first week sales since "Call me Miss..." in 2006.

Kay finished off the year by releasing her first remix album "The Best Remixes of CK" on December 16.

In 2010 Kay starred in her first role in a drama series. She played the character of Kokusho Akira, a genius hacker who has carried out many crimes all over the world in the Nippon Television drama "Hidarime Tantei Eye" (, Left Eye Detective?), which stars Hey! Say! JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada. The drama began airing on January 23, 2010. On February 24, Kay released a brand new song, "Flash" on Recochoku Chaku-Uta. "Flash" is featured in the commercial for Canon IXY Digital cameras, which began airing on February 19.

Discography

Main article: Crystal Kay discography

Studio albums

2000: C.L.L Crystal Lover Light

2001: 637: Always and Forever

2002: Almost Seventeen

2003: 4 Real

2003: Natural: World Premiere Album

2005: Crystal Style

2006: Call Me Miss...

2007: All Yours

2008: Color Change!

Compilation albums

2004: CK5

2009: Best of Crystal Kay

Remix albums

2009: The Best Remixes of CK

Extended plays

2007: Shining

Filmography

Dramas

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2010

Hidarime Tantei Eye

Kokusho Akira

Lead role

Movies

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2008

Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi

Lucky (voice) (Nurse Joy's Chansey)

Sang ending theme song, "One"

2009

Yamagata Scream

Foreigner

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External links

Crystal Kay Official Website

Crystal Kay Oricon Profile

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Crystal Kay

Japanese studio albums

C.L.L Crystal Lover Light  637: Always and Forever  Almost Seventeen  4 Real  Crystal Style  Call Me Miss...  All Yours  Color Change!

English studio albums

Natural: World Premiere Album

Compilations

CK5  Best of Crystal Kay

Extended Plays (EP's)

Shining

Japanese singles

Eternal Memories  Teenage Universe: Chewing Gum Baby  Komichi no Hana  Shadows of Desire  Girl's Night  Ex-Boyfriend  Think of U  Hard to Say  Girl U Love  Boyfriend: Part II  I Like It  Candy  Can't Be Stopped  Motherland  Bye My Darling!  Kiss  Koi ni Ochitara  Two as One  Kirakuni/Together  Kitto Eien ni  Konna ni Chikaku de...  Anata no Soba de  Namida no Saki ni  One  After Love: First Boyfriend/Girlfriend

Digital singles

Deaeta Kiseki

Featured singles

Lost Child  Reeewind!  Love Don't Cry  Universe

Associated acts

M-Flo  Verbal  BoA  Chemistry  Kaname  Jin Akanishi  KAT-TUN  Shinichi Osawa  Hiroshi Fujiwara

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