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1 Less G n da Hood 1 Less G n Da Hood is the debut studio album by American rapper Blaze Ya Dead Homie. Released on October 16, 2001, the album is his second release on the Psychopathic label, following his self-titled debut EP. "1 Less G n Da Hood" was produced by Twiztid, Mike Puwal, Fritz the Cat, and Violent J, and...
Back Up n da Chevy Back Up n da Chevy is the second album from rap group Boyz n da Hood, released on October 2, 2007. The album's first single is "Everybody Know Me", which was released on iTunes on April 10, 2007. The second single was confirmed to be "Table Dance" featuring T-Pain, but it was never released.
Boyz n da Hood (disambiguation) Boyz n da Hood is an American Southern gangsta rap group.
Gorilla Zoe Alonzo Mathis, better known by his stage name Gorilla Zoe ( ) is an American rapper. He is a former artist with Trustnobody Ent. Under Tavares "Buck" Thomas. He subsequently became a member of rap group Boyz N Da Hood. His solo debut album "Welcome to the Zoo" ghost written by Ernest Gibbs. came out in 2007...
Boyz n da Hood Boyz N Da Hood is an American Southern gangsta rap group from Atlanta, Georgia. They were formerly signed to Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records and consisted of Young Jeezy, Jody Breeze, Gorilla Zoe, Big Gee, .Big Duke They have collaborated several times with fellow Atlanta, Georgia artist and Block Ent labelm...
Jeezy Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), better known by his stage name Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. In 1998, he launched the label imprint CTE World (then known as Corporate Thugz Entertainment). Aside from his solo career, Jeezy is the "de facto" leader of the southern hip hop group ...
Fila Fresh Crew The Fila Fresh Crew was a rap group based in Dallas, Texas and consisted of Fresh K, Dr. Rock and The D.O.C. (known as Doc-T at the time). Dr. Rock's association with Dr. Dre during his stint as a DJ for the World Class Wreckin' Cru helped land the Fila Fresh Crew a spot on the "N.W.A and the Posse" com...
Boyz n da Hood (album) Boyz N Da Hood is the debut album by hip hop group Boyz N Da Hood released on June 21, 2005.
Nevius Street Bridge The Nevius Street Bridge once carried car traffic across the Raritan River between Hillsborough Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. In the 1840s a wooden bridge crossed at this location. The current 150 ft bridge was built in 1886 by the Wrought Iron Bridge C...
Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge is a bridge constructed in 1985 over the Ohio River connecting Winchester Ave. (US 23) and 13th St. (US 60) at Ashland, Kentucky to US 52 at Coal Grove, Ohio. It is named for Kentucky Governor Simeon S. Willis. The bridge was planned, at one point, to cross at...
Interstate 95 in New Jersey Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major Interstate Highway that traverses nearly the full extent of the East Coast of the United States, from Florida to Maine, with the exception of a small gap in New Jersey. In New Jersey, it runs along much of the main line of the New Jersey Turnpike (Exit 6 to Ex...
Betsy Ross Bridge The Betsy Ross Bridge, also known as the Ross Memorial Bridge is a continuous steel truss bridge spanning the Delaware River from the City of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania to Pennsauken, New Jersey. Built from 1969 to 1974, and opened in April 1976, during the American Bicentennial Year, it was origina...
New Jersey Turnpike The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP), colloquially known to New Jerseyans as "the Turnpike", is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Turnpike is the nation's sixth-busiest toll road and is on...
Interstate 295 (Delaware–New Jersey) Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) in New Jersey and Delaware is an auxiliary Interstate Highway, designated as a bypass around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The route begins at a junction with I-95 south of Wilmington, Delaware, and runs to another junction with I-95 north of Trenton...
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Veteran's Memorial Bridge (Portland, Maine) Veteran's Memorial Bridge is a bridge connecting the cities of Portland, Maine and South Portland, Maine. The bridge spans the Fore River and is part of U.S. Route 1. The original Veteran's Memorial Bridge was built in 1954 and was described as 'rapidly deteriorating' prior t...
New Jersey Route 60 Route 60 was a proposed limited access state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It would have run from the Delaware Memorial Bridge in the Deepwater neighborhood of Pennsville Township to Ocean City. The freeway was to parallel U.S. Route 40 from its start, then run as a concurrency with Route...
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Constantin Brătescu Constantin Brătescu (March 8, 1892 - April 13, 1971) was a Romanian Major-General during World War II. In 1941, he served first as Chief Propaganda Section General Staff (Romania's Propaganda Minister) and then as a Romanian liaison officer to the German Military Mission, meaning that he served as a...
Sukhdev Singh Sukha Sukhdev Singh Sukha was a member of the Khalistan Commando Force and one of the assassins of Arun Vaidya, the Chief of Indian army at the time of Operation Blue Star and also the architect of Operation Blue Star. He was responsible for three high-profile killings; Arjan Dass, Lalit Maken and Gen. Va...
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Kang Kon Kang Kon (Chosŏn'gŭl: 강건 ; June 23, 1918 - September 8, 1950) was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the Korean War in 1950. Kang (born Kang Shin-tae) was born in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on June 23...
Linda Linda Linda Linda Linda Linda (リンダ リンダ リンダ ) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. It stars Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, and Shiori Sekine (of the band Base Ball Bear) as teenagers who form a band to cover songs by the Japanese punk rock band the Blue Hearts; the film's title comes from the ...
Harjinder Singh Jinda Harjinder Singh Jinda was a member of a Sikh organisation Khalistan Commando Force and one of the two assassins of Arun Vaidya (the Chief of Indian army at the time of Operation Blue Star and architect of Operation Blue Star). He was responsible for three high-profile killings; Arjan Dass, Lalit M...
Eduard von Lewinski Von Lewinski was born in Münster in the Province of Westphalia. He served in the 1864 Danish-Prussian War as a captain of the 1st Guard fortress company. In the 1866 German war he was assigned as a staff officer to the First Army division. In 1867 Lewinski was promoted to major on the general staff....
Operation Woodrose Operation Woodrose was a military operation carried out by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian government in the months after Operation Blue Star to "prevent the outbreak of widespread public protest" in the state of Punjab. The government arrested all prominent members of the largest Sikh political party, ...
Go West Young Man (Only Fools and Horses) "Go West Young Man" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was the second episode of series 1, and was first screened on 15 September 1981. This was the lowest rated episode of the entire series, with only 6.1 million viewers. In the episode, Del sells a f...
The World at One The World at One, or WATO ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, which is currently broadcast from 1.00 pm to 1.45 pm from Monday to Friday. The programme describes itself as "Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for rigoro...
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Time on Our Hands "Time on Our Hands" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses". It was the final episode of the 1996 Christmas trilogy and the fifteenth Christmas special, It was first screened on 29 December 1996. It attracted a television audience of 24.3 million, a record for a British sitcom. In the...
BBC News at One The BBC News at One is the afternoon/lunchtime news bulletin from the BBC. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel every weekday at 1:00pm. The programme is usually presented by Sophie Raworth every Monday to Thursday and Kate Silverton on Friday.
The Chance of a Lunchtime "The Chance of a Lunchtime" is an episode of the BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". It was the second episode of series 7, and first broadcast on 6 January 1991. In the episode, Raquel auditions for a role in a Shakespeare play. Elsewhere, Del tries to sell musical national anthem doorbells.
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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Happy People: A Year in the Taiga is a 2010 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and Dmitry Vasyukov and produced by Herzog. The film depicts the life of the people in the village of Bakhta ( ) along the Yenisei River in the Siberian taiga. In particular, it focuses on the trappe...
Requiem for a Dying Planet Requiem for a Dying Planet (subtitled Sounds for Two Films by Werner Herzog is an album by cellist Ernst Reijseger featuring music for Werner Herzog's 2004 documentary "The White Diamond" and 2005 film "The Wild Blue Yonder" performed with vocalist/poet/performer Mola Sylla and the Voches de ...
La Soufrière (film) La Soufrière – Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe ("La Soufrière – Waiting for an Inevitable Disaster") is a 1977 West German documentary film in which German director Werner Herzog visits an island on which a volcano is predicted to erupt. The pretext of this film was provided when Herzog ...
Portrait Werner Herzog Portrait Werner Herzog (German: Werner Herzog - Filmemacher ) is an autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career.
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Lucki Stipetić Lucki Stipetić (also Lucki Herzog) is a German film producer, and the younger half brother of filmmaker Werner Herzog. Stipetić is the official head of Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, the production company which has produced almost all of Herzog's films.
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is a short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980 which depicts director Werner Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film "Gates of Heaven". The film includes clips from both "Gates of Heaven" and He...
Little Dieter Needs to Fly Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a 1997 German-British-French documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, and premiered on German television. The film was released to DVD in 1998 by Anchor Bay.
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Lila Downs Ana Lila Downs Sánchez, best known as Lila Downs (born September 9, 1968) is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican ...
The Dark Tower (series) The Dark Tower is a series of eight books written by American author Stephen King that incorporates themes from multiple genres, including dark fantasy, science fantasy, horror, and Western. It describes a "gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaph...
Places in The Dark Tower series "The Dark Tower" series of novels, by Stephen King, contain references to numerous locations. Some of those locations are listed below.
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, operated by the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, is a visual art museum in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. It mainly collects, preserves and exhibits visual arts created by LGBTQ artists or art about LGBTQ themes, issues, and ...
SLA Industries SLA Industries (pronounced "slay") is a role-playing game first published in 1993 by Nightfall Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The game is set in a dystopian far-flung future in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indirectly controlled by the eponymous corporation "SLA Industries" and...
Genre Genre ( , or ; from French "genre" ] , "kind" or "sort", from Latin "genus" (stem "gener-"), Greek γένος, "génos") is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time. Genre is most popularly known as a category of l...
I'm Out "I'm Out" is a song recorded by American recording artist Ciara, for her eponymously titled fifth studio album (2013), featuring guest vocals from Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. It was written by Ciara, Minaj and Rock City brothers, Timothy and Theron Thomas. Rocky City and The Co-Captains provided production....
El León (album) El León (Spanish for "The Lion") is the seventh studio album by the Argentine ska and reggae band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. Released in 1992, the album combines multiple genres and incorporates Caribbean rhythms as well as salsa, calypso and reggae influences. It is a notable album in the history of Arge...
Idyllen Idyllen ("Idylls"), Op. 95, is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1851. It was composed for a "Grand Summer Festival Soiree" in the Vienna Volksgarten, with the composer conducting the Strauss Orchestra in its first performance. The fifth waltz melody of the work incorporates themes from the popular song ...
Bas-Lag Bas-Lag is the fictional world in which several of English author China Miéville's novels are set. Bas-Lag is a world where both magic (referred to as "thaumaturgy") and steampunk technology exist, and is home to many intelligent races. It is influenced by the themes and tropes of multiple genres of science fic...
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones, released in Japan as Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (ダブルドラゴンⅢ ザ・ロゼッタストーン ) , is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991 . It was the third Double Dragon game for the NES, developed by Technos Jap...
Super Double Dragon Super Double Dragon, known in Japan as Return of Double Dragon (リターン・オブ・<ruby><rb>双截龍</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>ダブルドラゴン</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> , Ritān Obu Daburu Doragon ) , is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 . It was published by Technōs Japan in Jap...
Double Dragon Advance Double Dragon Advance (ダブルドラゴンアドバンス ) is a 2003 side-scrolling beat-em-up released for the Game Boy Advance. It was published by Atlus and developed by Million Inc., S-NEO, and Paon. It is a remake of the 1987 arcade game "Double Dragon" and incorporates elements from its sequels and home versions...
Double Dragon (band) Double Dragon was a heavy metal band from Adelaide, Australia. Their name is a homage to the 1980s cult video game "Double Dragon". Double Dragon's musical style is heavy metal, but has also been described variously as melodic death metal or metalcore, featuring twin guitar harmonies, prominent lea...
Double Dragon (Neo-Geo) Double Dragon (ダブルドラゴン , Daburu Doragon ) , alternatively known as Double Dragon '95 is a 1995 fighting video game spinoff of the "Double Dragon" series developed and published by Technōs Japan. It is based on the 1994 "Double Dragon" movie, which in turn was based on the original arcade game. I...
Double Dragon Neon Double Dragon Neon is a 2012 video game in the "Double Dragon" series of beat 'em up games. It was developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Majesco Entertainment, and it is the reboot of the "Double Dragon" series. It was the first game in the series where Million, the previous owner of ...
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES video game) Double Dragon II: The Revenge (ダブルドラゴンII ザ・リベンジ , Daburu Doragon II: Za Ribenji ) is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the end of 1989 . It is the second Double Dragon game for the NES and was published in North America by Accla...
Double Dragon II: The Revenge Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Japanese: <ruby ><rb>双截龍</rb><rp> (</rp><rt >ダブルドラゴン</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> II ザ・リベンジ ) is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technōs Japan originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988 . It is the first sequel to "Double Dragon", released d...
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls is a 1994 American-produced sequel to Technōs Japan's "Double Dragon" series. Unlike the previously produced "Double Dragon" games, Technōs had little or no credited involvement in the development of the game outside of licensing the series' name to pu...
Puff Dragon Puff Dragon is a downtempo and ambient music project by Steve Good. Originally from Wales, Steve moved to Japan in 1995, where he currently lives. Steve's other projects include Double Dragon (psychedelic progressive trance music), as well as two full-length albums: Continuum on London's Phantasm Records (2...
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The Muffins The Muffins are an American Maryland-based progressive rock/avant-jazz group. They were formed in Washington, DC in the early 1970s and recorded four albums before disbanding in 1981. In 1998 the group reformed and recorded a further five albums and a DVD. The Muffins played at Symphony Space on Broadway in...
Paulo Szot Paulo Szot ( ; born July 7, 1969 ) is a Brazilian operatic baritone singer and actor. He made his opera debut in 1997 and his international career has included performances with the Metropolitan Opera. In 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Emile De Becque in a revival of "South Pacific", and for his perform...
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