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40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row

The tracks "Into Another", "My Enemy" and "Breakin' Down" were remixed for this album with more tender, slightly cleaner mixes, presumably so they fit more suitingly with the other tracks.

Catherine Jean Milligan

Catherine Jean Milligan (born 11 September 1986, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland) was Miss Northern Ireland 2006 and represented her country in the Miss World finals in Poland.

Colourpoint Books

Colourpoint Books are an independent, family-owned publisher based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland.

Commonwealth Labour Party

In September 1946, the party put up candidates in the local elections, winning seats in Bangor, Newtownards, Richhill and Ballymena, plus Midgley's seat in Belfast.

David Miskelly

David Thomas Miskelly (born 3 September 1979) in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Portadown.

How's It Goin' Down

The music video for the song essentially depicts the lyrics, and also notably features cameos by then-unknown artists Eve, Ja Rule and Irv Gotti, all of whom would rise to prominence in the following year.

If Ya Gettin' Down

The song reached number two in the United Kingdom, being kept off the top spot by Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca", where it was certified Silver for sales of over 200,000 copies.

Kenny Powers

Kenny Powers is the fictional main character from the HBO television series Eastbound & Down, played by American actor Danny McBride.

Miles Messenger

The production aircraft were built at Newtownards in Northern Ireland and flown to Woodley for final fitting out.

MTV Flux

The first show broadcast on MTV Flux was: Up, Up, Down, Down... (short for the complete Konami Code which serves as its full official title), an hour-long show, hosted by Colin Griffiths nominally about computer games interspersed with music videos and user-submitted content.

Newtownards

The centre commemorates the involvement of the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) divisions in the Battle of the Somme, the 10th (Irish) Division in Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine and provides displays and information on the entire Irish contribution to the First World War.

A replica of Helen's Tower was built on the Somme battlefield as Northern Ireland's national war memorial.

Paddy Mayne

After a period with the British Antarctic Survey in the Falkland Islands, cut short by a crippling back complaint that had begun during his army days, Mayne returned to Newtownards to work first as a solicitor and then as Secretary to the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Robert Desmond Meikle

Robert Desmond Meikle (born 18 May 1923 in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The Way It's Goin' Down

It was released on July 3, 1998, featured Peter Gunz and was produced by DJ Quik, becoming Shaq's second straight solo single to feature Peter Gunz and DJ Quik after Strait Playin'.

"The Way It's Goin' Down" is the first and only single released from Shaquille O'Neal's fourth album, Respect.

Trentemøller

In 2006 he released his debut album, The Last Resort; the song "Vamp" from that album was played in Eastbound & Down: Chapter 2 during a dance scene.


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