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Ebony is a dense black wood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, but ebony may also refer to other heavy, black (or dark colored) woods from unrelated species. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water. Its fine texture, and very smooth finish when polished, make it valuable as an ornamental wood. The word "ebony" derives from the Ancient Egyptian hbny, via the Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), by way of Latin and Middle English.
Species of ebony include Diospyros ebenum (Ceylon ebony), native to southern India and Sri Lanka; Diospyros crassiflora (Gaboon ebony), native to western Africa; and Diospyros celebica (Macassar ebony), native to Indonesia and prized for its luxuriant, multi-colored wood grain. Mauritius ebony, Diospyros tesselaria, was largely exploited by the Dutch in the 17th century. Some species in the genus Diospyros yield an ebony with similar physical properties, but striped rather than evenly black (Diospyros ebenum).
Ebony has a long history of use, with carved pieces having been found in Ancient Egyptian tombs. By the end of the 16th century, fine cabinets for the luxury trade were made of ebony in Antwerp. The wood's dense hardness lent itself to refined moldings framing finely detailed pictorial panels with carving in very low relief (bas-relief), usually of allegorical subjects, or with scenes taken from classical or Christian history. Within a short time, such cabinets were also being made in Paris, where their makers became known as ébénistes, which remains the French term for a cabinetmaker.
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques (born January 9, 1973), who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist.
Sean Paul was born in Kingston and spent his early years in Upper Andrew Parish, a few miles north of Kingston. His parents, Garth and Frances, were both talented athletes, and his mother is a well-known painter. His paternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew whose family emigrated from Portugal, and his paternal grandmother was Afro-Caribbean; his mother is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent. Sean Paul was raised as a Catholic. Many members of his family are swimmers. His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men's national water polo team. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Sean Paul's mother was a backstroke swimmer. Sean Paul played for the national water polo team from the age of thirteen to twenty-one, when he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career. He attended the Wolmers High School for Boys, Belair School, Hillel Academy High School, and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, now known as the University of Technology, where he was trained in commerce with a view to pursuing an occupation in hotel management.
James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B. Among his well known songs are "Super Freak", "Mary Jane" and "You and I".
In addition to his music, James gained notoriety for his wild lifestyle, which led to widely publicized legal problems, and which was famously satirized by Chappelle's Show in 2004.
Rick James was born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. in Buffalo, New York. He attended Orchard Park High School and Bennett High School before dropping out at the age of 15. One of eight children, his father, an autoworker, abandoned him and his siblings when Rick was a child. His mother, a former vaudeville dancer, later reportedly ran errands for a Mafia family to make ends meet.[citation needed]
James grew up singing on street corners with fellow neighborhood boys. James' early idols included Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and The Temptations (particularly his uncle, Melvin Franklin). After briefly being involved in street crime, James dropped out of high school at 15 to avoid a possible draft and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve. A year later, James left the Reserve after he began to miss weekend training, because it interfered with his music career.[not in citation given]
Actors: Ahmed Best (actor), Jan Lucanus (producer), Jan Lucanus (actor), Jan Lucanus (producer), Jan Lucanus (writer), Jan Lucanus (director), Jan Lucanus (editor), Mercer Boffey (actor), Mercer Boffey (writer), Andrew Vannata (producer), John Machado (actor), Sinsu Co (actress), Jan C. Childress (writer), Jan C. Childress (producer), Davide Berardi (composer),
Plot: The Retribution Industry is born. You pay cash, they kick ass. In this pilot episode, 2nd-generation martial-arts-mega-duo Ebony & Ivory embark on their first live broadcast mission with their team at Justice-For-Hire, Inc. Adapted from the critically-acclaimed, "ultra-realistic" mixed martial arts comic book series.
Keywords: comic-book, martial-arts, mma, motion-comic, retributionActors: Tom Ohmer (actor), Bart Fletcher (writer), Bart Fletcher (director), Bart Fletcher (producer), Bart Fletcher (actor), Jae Henson (producer), Jae Henson (actress), Christopher Raff (actor), Karina Clark (actress), Erica Ellis (actress), Rus Gutin (actor), Anthony Spagnola (actor), Molly Quigley Koch (actress), Sean Solan (actor), Jesse Brunt (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jan Lucanus (producer), Jan Lucanus (writer), Jan Lucanus (director), Jan Lucanus (actor), Jan Lucanus (editor), Mercer Boffey (actor), Andrew Vannata (producer), Vanessa Rubio (actress), Jan C. Childress (producer), Sage Michael (composer), Glenda August (producer), Ian Morgan (actor), Assaf Tamir (actor), Hinton 'Rami' Wells (actor), Irving Yee (actor),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Bruno Iwuoha (actor), Tom Njamanze (actor), Sam Loco Efe (actor), Ikechukwu Onyeka (actor), Ikechukwu Onyeka (producer), Ikechukwu Onyeka (director), Ikechukwu Onyeka (producer), Osita Iheme (actor), Chinedu Ikedieze (actor), Abraham Nwodo (actor), Kingsley Okereke (actor), Kingsley Okereke (producer), Chimere Emejuobi (composer), Prince Nwafor (actor), Kingsley Emeka Igwemba (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Osita Iheme (actor), Chinedu Ikedieze (actor), Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (director), Tchidi Chikere (writer), Caroline Ekanem (actress), Chinedu Ezenwa (producer), Oby Edozieh (actress), Fred Ariko (actor), Ifeoma Anyiam (actress), Sophia Tchidi Chikere (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Osita Iheme (actor), Chinedu Ikedieze (actor), Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (director), Tchidi Chikere (writer), Caroline Ekanem (actress), Chinedu Ezenwa (producer), Oby Edozieh (actress), Fred Ariko (actor), Ifeoma Anyiam (actress), Sophia Tchidi Chikere (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jan Lucanus (producer), Jan Lucanus (editor), Jan Lucanus (actor), Jan Lucanus (director), Jan Lucanus (writer), Mercer Boffey (producer), Mercer Boffey (actor), Arnold Y. Kim (actor), Andrew Vannata (producer), Ramel Sherman (producer), Jenn Liu (actress), Sinsu Co (actress), Nico Sabenorio (actor), Amelia Kallman (actress), Jan C. Childress (actor),
Plot: In an age when corporations hire private muscle to squash threats to domestic and overseas interests, Ebony and Ivory are at the top of their game, the hottest commodities in the thriving Justice-For-Hire industry. Enter Justine Acela, the president of Acela Corporations--a Iormer target of Ebony and Ivory. Acela has clandestinely recruited Esaya--a powerful ex-teammate of our heroes -- to lead the Acela Fight Team, which seeks to supplant the heroes as the top international Justice-For-Hire squad. Now, three combatants--once friends--come to grips with the timeless Way of the Warrior and the expediencies of fame, profit and survival in the modern era, setting the grounds for a martial arts action/ adventure extravaganza...
Keywords: justiceActors: Olivia M. Lamasan (miscellaneous crew), Dick Israel (actor), Baron Geisler (actor), Gardo Versoza (actor), Malou N. Santos (producer), Jean Garcia (actress), Ricardo Lee (writer), Susan Africa (actress), Tirso Cruz III (actor), John Prats (actor), Nanding Josef (actor), Maritoni Fernandez (actress), John Lloyd Cruz (actor), Beth Tamayo (actress), Toby Alejar (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Mark Davis (actor), Backey Jakic (actor), Sean Michaels (actor), Anita Blond (actress), Kelly Trump (actress), Deborah Wells (actress), Salvo Di Liberto (producer), Joe D'Amato (director), Salvo Di Liberto (miscellaneous crew), Piero Montanari (composer), Shalimar (actress), Fabrizio Fornaci (composer), Bernadette Manfredi (actress), Frank Malone (actor), Juvo's Stud (actor),
Genres: Adult, Adult,Actors: Henry Fonda (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), George Ernest (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Alan Baxter (actor), Nigel Bruce (actor), James Burke (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Richard Carle (actor), John Beck (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Jack Curtis (actor), Otto Fries (actor),
Plot: A feud, the origins of which can barely be remembered, has been boiling for decades between two sheltered mountain families, the Tollivers and the Falins. With plans to build a railroad through both families' land and mine coal deposits beneath it, enterprising outsider Jack Hale ('Fred MacMurray' (qv)) inadvertently becomes entangled in the region's politics. He soon captures the attention of the beautiful June Tolliver ('Sylvia Sidney (I)' (qv)) and quickly becomes involved in a love triangle with her and her cousin Dave (Henry Fonda)
Keywords: based-on-novel, feud, remake, trainOnce again my friend I try
To help improve another brother's life
By coming through with the righteous groove
Tells right from wrong, makes people move
Not, idiot crossover songs
That appeal to all and make you sing along, no
This one is for the chosen few
Who want to build and uplift my people too, so
Listen to the words I speak
'Cause the words are truth and truth's what I teach
By talkin' bout the things that I see
When talkin' bout this color called ebony
This ebony
Not sellin' drugs, I'm above a thug
Killin' off his own, tryin' to make a buck, naw
That ain't the way it's done today
Gotta come together and gotta educate
Gotta, uplift, lift up your head
Stand strong and proud, don't end up dead
Take time to make that move
Be sure to be straight and you'll improve
Live long, be strong, and you'll see
That better is a life lived long and carefree
Just stay on a righteous path
You'll see the truth and won't have to ask why
I don't make the rhymes that say
How ignorant brothers act nowadays
I just talk about the things that I see
When talkin' bout this color called ebony
This ebony
Now break
Smooth
Now I want y'all to listen, see what you're missin'
What lacks in the competition is
Strong words, of pride and unity
I'm glad that y'all in tune to me
I'm here to let y'all know
And helps my folks about the words they throw
By talkin' bout the things that I see
When talkin' 'bout this color called ebony
This ebony