Fargo

Fargo usually refers to:

  • Fargo, North Dakota, the most populous city with this name
  • Fargo (film), 1996 American dark comedy-crime film by Joel and Ethan Coen, named after the North Dakota city
  • Fargo (TV series), a television series on the FX network that is based upon the film
  • Fargo may also refer to:

    Military

  • Fargo, the ammunition compound next to the Royal School of Artillery
  • Fargo-class cruiser, ship design of the United States Navy
  • USS Fargo (CL-106), the first ship of the Fargo-class cruisers
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 (NATO reporting name: Fargo), a first-generation Soviet turbojet fighter
  • USS Fargo (CL-85), later the USS Langley (CVL-27) Independence-class aircraft carrier
  • Other places

  • Fargo, Arkansas
  • Fargo, California
  • Fargo, Georgia
  • Fargo, Indiana
  • Fargo, Ohio
  • Fargo, Oklahoma
  • Fargo, Wisconsin
  • Vehicles

  • Fargo Trucks, a brand of truck, previously manufactured by the Chrysler Corporation, now by Askam
  • Isuzu Fargo, a commercial vehicle manufactured from 19802001 by Isuzu
  • Fargo (film)

    Fargo is a 1996 American neo-noir black comedy crime thriller written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating roadside homicides that ensue after a struggling car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law (Harve Presnell).

    Fargo premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival where Joel Coen won the festival's Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director Award) and the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or. A critical and commercial success, Fargo received seven nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two awards: McDormand won Best Actress and the Coens won Best Writing (Original Screenplay).

    In 2006, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and inducted into the United States National Film Registry for preservation, making it one of six films to have been preserved in their first year of eligibility. The American Film Institute named it one of the 100 greatest American movies of all time in 1998.

    Fargo Trucks

    Fargo was a brand of truck originally produced in 1913 by the Fargo Motor Car Company. Dropped in 1922, the name was reintroduced for a line of trucks manufactured by the Chrysler Corporation after purchasing Fargo Motors in 1928. Later, Chrysler absorbed Dodge and started producing its truck line. Over time, Fargo trucks became rebadged Dodges, similar to the parallel sale by General Motors of its GMC and Chevrolet truck lines, with Fargo being the GMC equalivent.

    History

    The first Fargo trucks were built in Chicago by the Fargo Motor Car Company from 1913 until 1922. In 1928 Chrysler bought the business and created their own line of Fargo trucks. Shortly after its creation, Chrysler also bought the Dodge Brothers Company, adding Dodge and Graham Brothers badged trucks to its product line.

    From then on, Fargo trucks were almost identical to Dodge models, save for trim and name, and were sold by Chrysler-Plymouth dealers.

    U.S. sales were discontinued in the 1930s, but the name Fargo was used until 1972 for Canada, and lived longer for other countries around the world under the Chrysler Corporation's badge engineering marketing approach. Most of the Fargo trucks and bus chassis sold in Argentina,Finland, Australia, India, and other countries in Europe and Asia were made in Chrysler's Kew (UK) plant. Most were sold also under the Dodge, Commer or DeSoto names.

    Kong (surname)

    Kong (孔) is a Chinese, Korean, and Cambodian surname. It can also be written as Kung in Taiwan, Hung in Hong Kong, Khổng in Vietnam, and Gong in Korea. There are around 2.1 million people with this surname in China in 2002, representing 0.23% of the population.

    This surname Kong is most notable as the surname of Confucius and his descendants. The family tree of Confucius and his descendants is generally considered to be the world longest, covering over 2,500 years with more than 80 generations recorded, and has two million entries according to its last update in 2009. The main line of descent traditionally held the title of Duke Yansheng, which was changed to the title of the first Sacrificial Official to Confucius in the 20th century. This title is currently held by Kung Tsui-chang.

    Kong may also be the English transliteration of a rare Chinese surname , or a less common form of the Gong surnames such as , and .

    Origin

    The character for the Kong surname was derived from the Zi (子) family name. The founder of the Shang Dynasty, Tang of Shang whose family name was Zi, had the courtesy name of Taiyi (太乙). His descendants fused the character Zi (子) to Yi (乙), forming the character Kong (孔) which eventually became a surname. It first appeared during the Zhou Dynasty as the courtesy name Kongfu (孔父) of a noble in the State of Song named Jia (嘉), said to be a descendant of the Tang of Shang. Kongfu Jia was murdered, and his son escaped to the State of Lu where he adopted Kong as the name of his clan. His family settled in Qufu and Confucius was one of his descendants.

    Gong (magazine)

    Gong is a German radio and (today, primarily) television listings magazine owned and published by the German media conglomerate Funke Mediengruppe. The first edition of Gong appeared in October 1948.

    Since 1979, the magazine has awarded annual Goldener Gong prizes for outstanding achievement by actors, directors, writers, presenters, and producers in the German television world.

    External links

  • Official website by Gong
  • Gong (disambiguation)

    A gong is a percussive musical instrument, or a warning bell.

    Gong may also refer to:

  • Gōng or Guang (vessel), an ancient Chinese shape of ritual ewer
  • Gong (band), a Franco-British rock band.
  • The Gongs, an experimental folk band.
  • Gong (title), a title of Chinese nobility generally translated as "duke"
  • Gong County, Henan, former name of Gongyi, a city in Henan, China
  • Gong County, Sichuan, a county in Sichuan, China
  • Gong, Iran, a city
  • "Gong", song on the album Takk... by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós
  • Gong bass drum, a type of drum
  • Gong (magazine), a German television magazine
  • Wollongong, ("the Gong"), Australia
  • A colloquial term for a medal, honour or award
  • Slang for opium
  • GONG may refer to:

  • Global Oscillations Network Group, studying solar structure and dynamics
  • GONG (IPTV channel), an Internet Protocol Television channel specialising in anime
  • GONG (organization), a Croatian non-government organization that oversees elections
  • 21523 GONG, an asteroid discovered in 1998
  • Gong as a name may refer to:

    Podcasts:

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    Street Illusions

    by: King Freako

    [King Freako:]
    Experience a growth to move forth, building more elementary schools to relate to our conditions, property strikin & stress driven, I look in ma eyes when I stair in the mirrior... Wit this album, I put ma passion... Da real fearers & deemed spirits said it twice so wat is it? I still search for the lite but darkness secludley touchess our dailey life... Death due to weapons wit young dark complection, the number sprits of last month progressin, in urban low housing sections... Trapped in a bubble float ova time... To orbit like clouds over da moon to invade Earth soon... (WE DOWN UNDA!)
    [Hook:]
    Street Illusions, visions of niggas shootin... Afew cats want ma life... But, I move so nice, only menuevers thru the night... I kick-off rounds, den the siren sounds chase me thru the town, in da vet wit ma top down...
    Street Illusions, visions of niggas shootin... Afew cats want ma life... But, I move so nice, only menuevers thru the night... I kick-off rounds, den the siren sounds chase me thru the town
    [verse: Nitty]
    [Hook:]
    Street Illusions, visions of niggas shootin... Afew cats want ma life... But, I move so nice, only menuevers thru the night... I kick-off rounds, den the siren sounds chase me thru the town, in da vet wit ma top down...
    Street Illusions, visions of niggas shootin... Afew cats want ma life... But, I move so nice, only menuevers thru the night... I kick-off rounds, den the siren sounds chase me thru the town...
    [King Freako:]
    Im like a novel wit many chapterz a writter wit visions of modern death wit eternal after life after. Recarnated into a sparrow that sore thru lite, like a kite thru rain thru storm, till he flew straight into da burnin sun, to compare as one. Now he's dat lite that bird those wings will fly forever free, like salt water fish swimming in colonies compared to da streets, contain in da room wit one bell build a country, wit one blanket &; 2 sheets, stay alert at nite, like a baby fightin ma sleep. Im runnin from dreams, strainin ma eyes cant breath in da dark, the fast lite coming & going.
    [Hook:]
    Street Illusions, visions of niggas shootin... Afew cats want ma life... But, I move so nice, only menuevers thru the night... I kick-off rounds, den the siren sounds chase me thru the town, in da vet wit ma top down...




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