Kowalski
Kowalski (Polish pronunciation: [kɔˈvalskʲi]; feminine: Kowalska, plural Kowalscy) is the second most common surname in Poland (140,471 people in 2009).Kowalski translates to smith's son, as it is the patronymic form of the Polish equivalent of Smith, "Kowal" (see the Polish surname Kowal and the Ukrainian surname Koval). Several other surnames, such as Kowalczyk, Kowalewski, and Kowalewicz, are also derived from the word Kowal.
The name Jan Kowalski is the equivalent in both translation and popularity to John Smithson in English-speaking countries.
"Kowalski Bratski" phenomenon
The "Kowalski Sausage" phenomenon, as it is popularly known, has made a major impact on the American meat packing industry.
A sizable number of Polish immigrants to the United States came in the 1960s and 1970s. Some came to pursue higher educations, but upon graduating with MBAs, engineering or other degrees could not find professional jobs or jobs that paid well. Many of them worked in blue collar jobs and saved up to buy undervalued or dilapidated sausage factories, turning them into businesses. As many as 60% of mid-sized sausage links and patties companies all over the US are owned by people of Polish origin. Of this nearly one-third have the surname Kowalski—a popular one among Polish immigrants.
List of Madagascar (franchise) characters
This is a list of characters that have appeared in the Madagascar films, the television series The Penguins of Madagascar, and the Netflix series All Hail King Julien.
Concept and creation
Tom McGrath explained in an interview that the intention of Madagascar was not to take a political stance on whether "zoos are bad and the wild is better, or that the wild is bad," but to show "the most extreme 'fish out of water' story that [they] could do". McGrath stated "the basic irony to the story is that, you think animals do belong in the wild, but if they're so accustomed to civility, they wouldn't know where food even came from," and the animals were meant to "love the zoo and to love where they are because they've got" 5,000 square feet (460 m2) "right off Fifth Avenue".
McGrath also described, during the research of Madagascar, they "found these crazy, weird animals that were already cartoons in their own right."
Main characters
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Kowalski (song)
"Kowalski" is a song by the Scottish band Primal Scream. It was released as a single on May 5, 1997, and is the first to be released from the band's fifth album Vanishing Point. The single went to number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song contains samples of "Halleluhwah" by Can and "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic.
The song is featured in Olivier Assayas's 2014 film Clouds of Sils Maria.
Irvine Welsh scripted the video for the album's first single, "Kowalski" and was directed by Steve Hanft. The video features a Dodge Challenger being stolen by Kate Moss and Devon Aoki who then track down and beat up the band. The band's lead singer, Bobby Gillespie described the video as "a cross between Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! and The Sweeney."
Track listing
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ALBUMS
- Marian released: 2002
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ALBUMS
- Glasgowbury Music Festival 2011 released: 2011
- Paste Magazine Sampler #61: March 2010 released: 2010
- The Oh Yeah Sessions '08 released: 2008
- Are You Noisy Sunshine State? released: 2006
Paste Magazine Sampler #61: March 2010
Released 2010- Rocket (radio edit)
- In the Dark
- Sun Hands
- Way Down, Hadestown
- Somthing, Somewhere, Sometime
- Harmony to My Heartbeat
- Good Morning
- Unsophisticated Heart
- Red River
- Kangpe
- Love Is a Dirty Word
- Careful With That Hat
- Cumberland Gap
- Small of My Heart
- What Makes Him Act So Bad
- Good to Be
- Young Girl
- Your Museum
- I Will Live on Islands
- Orion
- Outskirts
- Shirakashi
- Get Back
- Breathe
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