West Coast most often refers to coastline which is on the western side of a particular area. Many other terms refer to this initial meaning. Some of these things include:

Geography[link]

Australia[link]

• West coast of Australia as a synonym for the state of Western Australia
• West Coast, Tasmania in Australia

Canada[link]

• In Canada, "West Coast" is a reference to the British Columbia Coast and also to the culture and lifestyle of Vancouver, Victoria and area. Within British Columbia itself, the term may mean either the outer coast of Vancouver Island or the common geographic identity and culture historically shared with the US states of Washington, Oregon and California, i.e. referring to the West Coast of North America, not just that of Canada.

Malaysia[link]

• West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

New Zealand[link]

• West Coast Region, South Island
• "West Coast" is also used as a collective term for a group of beaches close to Auckland, including Piha and Muriwai Beach

Singapore[link]

• West Coast, Singapore

South Africa[link]

• West Coast District Municipality, South Africa
• West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa

United States[link]

• West Coast of the United States, sometimes West Coast of North America

Transport[link]

• West Coast Air, a scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver
• West Coast Choppers, a company selling chopper-style motorcycles
• West Coast Customs, a car remodeling company
• West Coast Express, a commuter railway in British Columbia, Canada.
• West Coast Main Line, a railway route in the United Kingdom
• West Coast Railway Company, a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator based at Carnforth in the United Kingdom
• Florida West Coast Railroad, a railroad running west from Newberry to Trenton

Other[link]

• 1934 West Coast waterfront strike, industrial action in the United States
• West Coast hip hop, a form of hip hop music in the United States that developed and originated in Los Angeles
• West Coaster a person that lives on the West Coast of the United States
• West Coast Avengers, a Marvel Comics superhero team
• West Coast Amusements, a Canadian travelling amusement park company based in Langley, British Columbia
• West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, California
• West Coast Computer Faire, a former computer industry conference
• West Coast Eagles, an Australian rules football club based in Perth
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, a United States Supreme Court ruling upholding minimum wage legislation
• West Coast liberal a pejorative stereotype encountered in American political culture.
• Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, a Territorial Force unit of the New Zealand Army
• West Coast (TV series), a Canadian variety show television series which debuted on the CTV television network in 1961
• West Coast University, a health-care oriented university in California and Ontario
• West Coast University - Panama, no relation to the Californian institution
• "West Coast," a song by the indie rock band Coconut Records
• "West Coast," an album by Swedish electronic band Studio

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Chelsea Chanel Dudley (born September 1, 1988), better known by her stage name Chanel West Coast, is an American rapper and television personality. She came to prominence for her roles in MTV's Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness.^[1][2]

Career[link]

2009-present: Television[link]

Dudley appears in MTV's Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, working for Dyrdek as a receptionist and secretary; she started working at the Fantasy Factory after meeting Rob Dyrdek indirectly through MySpace, later auditioning for the part. She was added as one of the series' main cast members in the first season.

Dudley also co-hosts MTV’s Ridiculousness and plays the voice of the character Flipz in the animated series Wild Grinders.

2011-present: Music[link]

In early 2010, she collaborated with rapper Somaya Reece on the single "Tramp". In early 2011, Polow Da Don signed her to his label, Zone 4. She is currently writing and recording songs in the studio for her debut mix tape and album, and also performs at nightclubs and venues in the United States.^[3] Dudley appeared in Planet Hollywood's song "PHAMOUS" where she collaborated with Midi Mafia.

Dudley was featured in the October 2010 edition of Maxim magazine. The photo shoot took place at Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.^[4]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Chanel West Coast at the Internet Movie Database

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Tatianna Mollmann (born on February 1, 1983 in Santa Monica, CA) is a professional Competitive dancer.

Early life[link]

Mollmann was born to a Russian/Italian mother and German father. As a child, she studied ballet, gymnastics and West Coast Swing.

Career[link]

Mollmann studied briefly at California State University, Long Beach, but dropped out to pursue a career in dance competition.

Mollmann began dance competitions in 1996. She partnered with Parker Dearborn from 1996 to 1997 and with Shiloh Warren from 1997 to 1998. From 2000 to 2011 her partnership with Jordan Frisbee has resulted in several championship awards.

She appeared in movies such as "3 Ninja Kids" as a stunt double (uncredited), "Polar Express" ^[1] and with a camera facing & speaking role in "Love N' Dancing".^[2]

At the UCWDC Worlds event they were given the Star Award for the Couple with the Most Impact on Swing and Frisbee won Best Swing Choreographer.

Frisbee and Mollmann have won Fox TV's "30 Seconds to Fame", appeared twice on CBS TV's "Star Search", danced in the motion picture "The Polar Express",^[1] won "America's Best Dance Couple" on ABC TV's "Good Morning America", & had speaking roles & danced in the movie "Love 'N Dancing".^[2]

They are certified teachers in the Golden State Dance Teacher's Association.^[3]

Awards[link]

(with Jordan Frisbee) ^[4]

• US OPEN Young Adult Champions (2000)
• US OPEN Classic Champions (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011) - Youngest couple to win (2000)
• Dallas Dance Classic Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• USA Grand Nationals Classic Champions (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
• UCWDC World Swing Invitational Champions (2003)
• UCWDC Swing "Impact Dancers of the Year" (2003)
• USA Swing Net "Dance Couple of the Year" (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jordan & Tatiana's Official Website
• USA Swing Dance Network
• USA Swing Dance Network - Jordan & Tatiana Bio

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Ice cubes in a glass of iced tea

Ice cubes are small, roughly cube-shaped pieces of ice, conventionally used to cool beverages. Ice cubes are sometimes preferred over crushed ice because they melt more slowly; they are standard in mixed drinks that call for ice, in which case the drink is said to be "on the rocks."

Ice cubes that are crushed or sheared into irregularly-shaped flakes may add an interesting aesthetic effect to some cocktails. Crushed ice is also used when faster cooling is desired, since the rate of cooling is governed by the number and average radius of the ice particles.^[1]

Melting ice cubes sometimes precipitate white flakes, commonly known as "floaties". This is calcium carbonate which is present in many water supplies and is completely harmless.^{[citation needed]}

Origin[link]

Gorrie's ice machine.

American physician and humanitarian John Gorrie built a refrigerator in 1844 with the purpose of cooling air. His refrigerator produced ice which he hung from the ceiling in a basin. Gorrie can be considered the creator of ice cubes, but his aim was not to cool drinks: he used the ice to lower the ambient room temperature. During his time, a dominant idea was that bad air quality caused disease. Therefore, in order to help treat sickness, he pushed for the draining of swamps and the cooling of sickrooms.

Methods of production[link]

Ice cubes are produced domestically by filling an ice cube tray with water and placing it in a freezer. Many freezers also come equipped with an icemaker, which produces ice cubes automatically and stores them in a bin from which they can be dispensed directly into a glass.

Ice cube tray[link]

Ice cubes in a tray

Ice cube trays are designed to be filled with water, then placed in a freezer until the water freezes to ice, producing ice cubes. Trays are often flexible, so the frozen cubes can be easily removed by flexing the tray. Twist ice trays have a simple spring loaded mechanism with a lever that is used to turn the tray upside down and flex at the same time such that the cubes drop are collected in a removable tray below and return the ice cube tray to its upright position without removing it from the freezer which can save time and reduces accidents and mess, though the tray has to be removed to be collected and the ice cube tray still has to be removed to be refilled. An alternative system is an aluminum tray with a lever that raises the ice cubes, freeing them from the tray. A motorized version of this is found in most automatic ice-making freezers.

While the usual shape of the ice 'cube' is roughly cubical, there are trays that dispense hemispherical or cylindrical blocks. These are commonly referred to as ice tubes. Some novelty trays produce blocks of ice in seasonal, festive or other shapes.

The first rubber ice cube tray was invented by Lloyd Groff Copeman. One day in 1928, while walking through some woods collecting sap for maple syrup, Copeman noticed that slush and ice flaked off his rubber boots rather than adhering to them. Having recalled this incident over lunch with his patent attorney, he conducted experiments using rubber cups. Later, he set about designing and then patenting different types of tray: a metal tray with rubber separators, a metal tray with individual rubber cups, and a tray made completely of rubber.^[2]

The first flexible stainless steel, all-metal ice cube tray was created by Guy L. Tinkham in 1933. The tray bent sideways to remove the ice cubes.

Several companies now offer pre-filled disposable ice trays for home freezing, which they claim provide better taste and reduced risk of contamination.^[3]

Large-scale ice cube production[link]

Dedicated ice-maker machines can be used to produce ice cubes for laboratories and academic use. Ice cubes are also produced commercially and sold in bulk; these ice cubes, despite their name, are often cylindrical, and may have holes through the center.

An interesting characteristic of commercially made ice cubes is that they are completely clear, lacking the clouding found in the center of domestically made ice cubes. Cloudy ice cubes result when water is frozen quickly, or when the water is high in dissolved solids. When water is cooled to its freezing point, and ice starts to form, dissolved gases can no longer stay in solution and come out as microscopic bubbles. However, as ice floats in water, once there is enough ice to form a layer on the surface, the ice layer traps all bubbles within the ice cube. Commercial ice-makers use a flowing source of purified water to make ice with cooling elements at the bottom, allowing the bubbles to be washed away from the top as the cube grows.^{[citation needed]}

See also[link]

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References[link]

1. ^ Rauch, Jeffrey (1975). "The mathematical theory of crushed ice". Partial differential equations and related topics (Program, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, La., 1974). Berlin, New York (the state): Springer-Verlag. pp. 370–379. MR0427863. 
2. ^ "www.lloydcopeman.com: Biography". http://www.lloydcopeman.com/biography/CopemanStory.pdf. 
3. ^ "After Bottled Water? Purified Ice Cubes". http://www.aquaice.com/PressRelease_WSJ_2006.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 

External links[link]

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Delmar Drew Arnaud^[1] (born May 25,^[2] 1973, Long Beach, California), better known by his stage name Daz Dillinger (formerly Dat Nigga Daz) is an American hip hop producer and rapper mostly known for his membership in the rap duo Tha Dogg Pound, with Kurupt, and his work with Death Row Records.

Death Row years[link]

[edit] The Chronic, Tha Dogg Pound and Dogg Food

Daz began his career on Death Row Records as a producer for co-founder Suge Knight's then-girlfriend, Paradise. He was signed to the label and subsequently began working with Dr. Dre on the breakthrough west coast album, The Chronic;^[3] during its recording, he met and grew close to Kurupt, whom he would soon work with professionally. The two formed Tha Dogg Pound for Doggystyle, the debut album of his cousin the record label's up-and-coming star Snoop Dogg. The critically acclaimed album, as well as their later single "What Would You Do?", saw Tha Dogg Pound partake in the rivalry between Dr. Dre and former N.W.A. groupmate Eazy-E, by dissing artists on Eazy's Ruthless Records.

Dillinger was more heavily involved in Doggystyle than was his groupmate; while it was produced and mixed by Dre, Arnaud was featured on one track and received co-production credit on two ("Serial Killa" and "For All My Niggaz and Bitches") he also produced tracks for Above The Rim and Murder Was the Case soundtracks. Following Daz and Kurupt put out their debut group album, Dogg Food, to rave reviews and platinum sales. While the duo dissed Ruthless act Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on the album, Dogg Food also saw the duo engage in yet another conflict, this time the beef Suge and new signee 2Pac initiated against Bad Boy Entertainment's Puff Daddy and Notorious B.I.G.; Daz and Kurupt would expand the feud to include Capone-N-Noreaga, Tragedy Khadafi and Mobb Deep with their Snoop-assisted single "New York, New York."

[edit] Head producer, All Eyez on Me & Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back

As the intercoastal rivalry escalated, and Suge Knight's increasingly intense strong-arm tactics entered the studio, head producer Dr. Dre steadily grew resentful of the label's dangerous atmosphere. Beginning with Dogg Food, which Daz produced, Dre no longer produced whole Death Row albums; in his latter days as in-house producer, he worked only with 2Pac, producing three tracks (California Love, which was originally supposed to appear on the Aftermath compilation album, California Love Remix, and Can't C Me) for the rapper's definitive album All Eyez on Me. Even before Dre left the label to found his own Aftermath Entertainment, Daz went to produce the hit songs "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "Ambitionz Az A Ridah", and "I Ain't Mad At Cha" among other tracks which solidified his status as a talented and successful producer. Arnaud effectively took over as head producer, crafting most of the double-album's first disc and providing beats for Snoop Dogg's sophomore effort, Tha Doggfather, from which Dre's production was absent. His status as head producer was made official once Dre left, and continued on even after 2Pac's murder and the artist-exodus it initiated. During his tenure heading the label's sound, Daz contributed production to the Gridlock'd soundtrack, Lady of Rage's Necessary Roughness, and Nate Dogg's G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1. His production would also pop up on the unofficial Snoop Dogg release Dead Man Walkin put out by Suge in 2001, after Daz himself had left the label.

Dillinger went on to put out his own solo album, Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back on Death Row in 1998; Nate Dogg, Kurupt and Snoop had already left the label, followed shortly thereafter by Daz himself. During this time a short-lived feud sparked between Daz and Snoop, regarding the latter's words against Suge Knight and the former's status at the label and disses inherent in the album, which Snoop Dogg later dropped out of respect for his cousin.^[4]

Off Death Row[link]

Solo career & feud with Kurupt[link]

After ending his tenure at Death Row, Arnaud would go on to produce for acts like Kurupt, Soopafly, and B-Legit; he put out the album R.A.W. in 2000, the flagship release for his own D.P.G. Recordz, which would for some time function as a vehicle for releasing solo albums. He and Kurupt united in 2001 for a second album, Dillinger & Young Gotti, which received mixed reviews, under the name D.P.G. (as Suge still owned rights to the name 'Tha Dogg Pound' at the time). The group unity was short-lived, as Kurupt would subsequently re-sign with Death Row, prompting his former groupmate to diss him several times in song and interviews.^[5][6] Daz dissed Death Row with "Catch U In The Club", "U Ain't Shit" and a skit called "A Message to Ricardo Brown". Kurupt respond with "No Vaseline Part 2." The feud carried on from 2002 to 2005, while Dillinger released several solo efforts, including a 'DPGC' album with Snoop Dogg, Soopafly and Bad Azz and Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP on his own.

Reconciliation & upcoming projects[link]

In 2005, Daz and Kurupt reconciled their differences at a west coast unity event hosted by Snoop Dogg;^[7] Kurupt proceeded to leave Death Row a second time, procuring rights to the name of Tha Dogg Pound and re-forming the duo with his former partner, who on his part ended his brief tenure at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def. The duo immediately commenced to releasing albums, including Dillinger & Young Gotti II: The Saga Continuez, the Let'z Ryde Tonite EP and Cali iz Active with Snoop Dogg as the DPG.^[3] Their next proper album came in the form of 2007's Dogg Chit, and then in 2009 with "That Was Then, This is Now". In the works for Daz are two Dogg Pound releases, one entitled 100 Wayz--formerly Westcoast Aftershocc, through Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle records, and one produced in conjunction with Pete Rock.^[8] August 1, 2008, Daz Dillinger offered the new owners of Death Row Records to record videos for Dogg Food; he also plans to repackage and release unreleased material.^[9]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1998: Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back
• 2000: R.A.W.
• 2002: This Is the Life I Lead
• 2003: DPGC: U Know What I'm Throwin' Up
• 2004: I Got Love in These Streetz
• 2005: Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP
• 2005: Gangsta Crunk
• 2006: So So Gangsta
• 2007: Gangsta Party
• 2008: Only on the Left Side
• 2009: Public Enemiez
• 2010: Matter of Dayz
• 2011: D.A.Z.
• TBA: When We All Get to Heaven

Compilation albums[link]

• 2001: Who Ride wit Us: Tha Compalation, Vol. 1
• 2002: To Live and Die in CA
• 2002: Who Ride wit Us: Tha Compalation, Vol. 2
• 2008: Who Ride wit Us: Tha Compalation, Vol. 3
• 2009: Who Ride wit Us: Tha Compalation, Vol. 4

Collaboration albums[link]

• 2001: Long Beach 2 Fillmoe (with JT the Bigga Figga)
• 2001: Game for Sale (with JT the Bigga Figga)
• 2003: Southwest (with Nuwine)
• 2009: Get That Paper (with Fratthouse)
• TBA: West Coast Gangsta Shit (with W.C.)
• TBA: Stay of Execution^[10] (with The N'Matez)^[11][12]

EPs[link]

• 2001: Makaveli & Dillinger Don't Go 2 Sleep (with Makaveli)
• TBA: Witit Witit^[13]

Mixtapes[link]

• 2004: DPG: Till The Day I Die Mixtape
• 2005: So So Gangsta - The Mixtape
• 2005: West Coast Gangstas - Starring: Tha Dogg Pound (Hosted by DJ Kurupt)
• 2009: Dillinger & Makaveli - Tribute: Streetz of LA Special Edition (Hosted by DJ Nik Bean)
• 2010: R.O.W. (Return Of Westcoast)

Unreleased albums[link]

• 2006: So So Gangsta Unreleased

Awards[link]

• Nominated in 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (with Kurupt): "What Would You Do"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Daz Dillinger on Myspace
• Daz Dillinger at MTV
• Daz Dillinger at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview

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