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Blitz Club Munich
Blitz, German for "lightning", may refer to: Military uses *Blitzkrieg, blitz campaign, or blitz, a type of military campaign *The Blitz, the German aerial campaign against Britain in the Second World War *, several ships of the Prussian, Imperial German, and Austro-Hungarian navies Computing * Blitz (software), a cloud-based load-and performance-testing service *Blitz BASIC, a dialect of the BASIC programming language * Blitz++, a C++ class library for scientific computing * BlitzMail, the internal e-mail network at Dartmouth College *Blitz Research, a New Zealand software company Film and television * ''Blitz'' (2011 film), a film starring Jason Statham * Blitz (2024 film), a World War II-themed historical drama film *''Blitz'' or ''Killing Cars'', a 1986 Michael Verhoeven film *Blitz, a fictional anthropomorphic doberman from ''Road Rovers'' *Blitz, a robot dog from the cartoon '' C.O.P.S.'' *The Blitz, in the " Blitzgiving" episode of ''How I Met Your Mother'' Games * ''Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitzkrieg
''Blitzkrieg'(Lightning/Flash Warfare)'' is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack, using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, together with artillery, air assault, and close air support. The intent is to break through an opponent's lines of defense, dislocate the defenders, confuse the enemy by making it difficult to respond to the continuously changing front, and defeat them in a decisive : a battle of annihilation. During the interwar period, aircraft and tank technologies matured and were combined with the systematic application of the traditional German tactic of (maneuver warfare), involving the deep penetrations and the bypassing of enemy strong points to encircle and destroy opposing forces in a (cauldron battle/battle of encirclement). During the invasion of Poland, Western journalists adopted the term ''blitzkrieg'' to describe that form of armored warfare. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz Games
Blitz Games Studios Limited was a British video game developer based in Leamington Spa. Founded in 1990 by the Oliver Twins, who ran the company until its closure in 2013, it is best known for producing games such as ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Bratz'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The Biggest Loser'', and ''Karaoke Revolution''. Divisions Blitz Games Blitz Games created the games that the company first became well known for: family titles, often licensed on popular characters and existing intellectual property. Blitz Arcade ''Blitz Arcade'' was founded in 2006 with a team of 35 people. It was focused on developing downloadable titles of a small scope. Its first release was an Advergaming, advergame series created for the US Burger King chain. After that, Blitz Arcade turned its focus to downloadable titles and had success with its first game of this type: ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam''. They also developed shooter ''PowerUp Forever'', puzzler ''Droplitz'' and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz (Étienne Daho Album)
''Blitz'' is the 11th studio album of French singer Étienne Daho, released on November 17, 2017. Background The psychedelically-inspired album was written and recorded in London, with the "Blitz" of the title referring the city's climate after the Brexit vote and terrorist attacks. In addition to long-time collaborators Fabien Waltmann and Jean-Louis Piérot, Daho recorded with musicians from The Unloved (composer/producers David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia and singer Jade Vincent), whom he had met upon the release of their first album. Themes The album's touchpoints are both personal and public: "Le jardin" (The Garden) is a tribute to his sister Jeanne, who died in 2016, while "Chambre 29" (Room 29) is dedicated to Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett. "Les flocons de l'été" (The Flakes of Summer) evokes the month of August 2013, which Daho spent in a hospital room, nearly dying of peritonitis. The album's cover photo, where he appears dressed in leather and cap, surrounded by scro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Ellsworth
Robert Ellsworth (born May 3, 1959), best known as Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of New Jersey thrash metal band Overkill. He has been the vocalist of Overkill since its inception in 1980, and he and bassist D. D. Verni are the band's only constant members. Ellsworth is a member of the supergroup cover band BPMD. He also previously fronted The Cursed, a now defunct band featuring guitarist Dan Lorenzo, which released the ''Room Full of Sinners'' LP in 2007. Personal life In 1998, Ellsworth was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of nose cancer and underwent immediate surgery, which successfully removed the tumor. Ellsworth had a focal seizure in Germany in June 2002, right in the middle of the song "Necroshine". He commented: "The beauty of a stroke is that you don't remember. I don't know what it changed, because I forget how it used to be (laughs). Occasionally I piss my pants when somebody turns a microwave on (laughs). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz (Brazilian Band)
Blitz is a Brazilian rock band, formed in 1981 in Rio de Janeiro. The band was the first to achieve mainstream success and to have hit singles (''Você não soube me amar'', ''A dois passos do paraíso'', ''Ana Maria (biquíni de bolinha amarelinha tão pequenininho)'') kick–starting the 1980s movement that would later be called "BRock".Dapieve, Arthur (2000) Its "classic" formation included Evandro Mesquita (voice), Lobão (drums, later Roberto "Juba" Gurgel), Antônio Pedro Fortuna (bass, formerly with Os Mutantes and Lulu Santos), William Forghieri ( keyboards) and Fernanda Abreu and Márcia Bulcão (backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...). Their ''Aventuras II'' album was nominated for the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz (British Band)
Blitz were an English punk rock band from New Mills, Derbyshire, formed in 1980 which recorded several singles, EPs and albums. Core history The original Blitz line-up consisted of Carl Fisher (vocals), Charlie Howe (percussion), Nidge Miller (guitar), and Neil "Mackie" McLennan (bass). The band had success in the United Kingdom indie charts in the early 1980s. With both punk and skinhead members, they were enthusiastically championed by ''Sounds'' magazine writer Garry Bushell. They had sent him their demo tape early in 1981. Bushell who labeled them Oi!, was impressed enough to put two of their tracks on that year's ''Carry On Oi'' compilation: "Nation On Fire" and "Youth". He helped them secure a deal with the record label No Future. When the band slept at his family home on the Ferrier Estate in Kidbrooke, a rough south east London council estate, he recalls them being "freaked out by being in a real concrete jungle" (Bushell On The Rampage). Guitarist Alan "Nidge" Miller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob And George
''Bob and George'' was a sprite-based webcomic which parodied the fictional universe of ''Mega Man''. It was written by David Anez, who was a physics instructor living in the American Midwest at the time. The comic first appeared on April 1, 2000, and ran until July 28, 2007. It was updated daily, with there being only 29 days without a comic in its seven years of production and with 2568 comics being made altogether. Most ''Bob and George'' strips are still images. The initial strips were mostly done in GIF format (occasionally using JPEG for more graphic-intensive comics) before converting to PNG in May 2004. In addition, occasional comics are animated using either animated GIFs or Macromedia Flash. Some of the Flash comics have the characters speaking, voiced by Anez and others (often forum members). Animated comics are generally used for the annual week-long anniversary parties (usually culminating in a brief animated comic that recaps the events of the past year in a matte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz (Marvel Comics)
Bagheera Bagheera is a black panther, based upon ''The Jungle Book'' character of the same name. Nakia Bahadir Nakia Bahadir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a Turkish girl and friend of Kamala Khan. Nakia Bahadir in other media Nakia Bahadir appears in '' Ms. Marvel'' (2022), portrayed by Yasmeen Fletcher. This version is a student at Coles Academic High School and Kamala Khan's close friend. Bakuto Bakuto is a fictional ninja in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Andy Diggle, Antony Johnston and Marco Checchetto, first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #505 (April 2010). Bakuto, the head Daimyo of South America, meets with the other four Daimyos in Jigoku-Chu Castle in Japan. He shows some doubt in Matt Murdock leading The Hand and especially scoffs at White Tiger's involvement due to her being a woman. Beforehand, Bakuto killed his master, Izanagi, to showcase " isstrength of will", even going so far as to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz (Big Bang Comics)
This is a list of major characters appearing in the Big Bang Comics universe, which encompasses most fictional characters created for the shared Big Bang universe and those characters owned by Big Bang Comics. Big Bang heroes * The Badge (based on Guardian (DC Comics) and Captain America both created by Simon and Kirby) ** During WWII, he fought the Nazis as the Supreme Allied Commando, later became top agent of B.A.D.G.E., a spin on Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. * The Beacon (based on Green Lantern) ** Beacon (Earth A): Dr. Julia Gardner ** Beacon (Earth B): Scott Martin * Blackjack and his Flying Aces (based on Blackhawk) * The Blitz (based on The Flash) ** The Blitz (Earth A): Jimmy Travis ** The Blitz (Earth B): Mack Snelling * Bluebird (appears to be inspired by Black Canary created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino) * Cyclone (based on Kid Flash, the Blitz's sidekick from Earth A) ** Marty Eastman was addicted to the ''Rocket Pills'' that gave him his power. Later be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Blitz
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is a Bangladeshi journalist. He is an editor of the Bangladeshi tabloid ''Blitz''. In 2014, he was convicted of carrying documents provoking interreligious friction, and in 2015 of embezzlement. Journalism Choudhury is the editor and owner of the English language newspaper ''Blitz'', and editor-in-chief of Bangla weekly ''Jamjamat''. ''Blitz'' is a tabloid which has been published every Wednesday since 2003 by Choudhury. The tabloid states that it watches, investigates, and focuses on Islamist militancy groups; and that it defends religious minority groups in Bangladesh. Prosecutions and assaults Choudhury was arrested on 29 November 2003 when he tried to attend a seminar in Tel Aviv at the invitation of the International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace. He was charged with smuggling country information, sedition, treason, and blasphemy in 2003, and a case was filed against him on 24 January 2004 by Mohammad Abdul Hanif, head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz (newspaper)
''Blitz'' was a popular investigative weekly tabloid newspaper or newsmagazine published and edited by Russi Karanjia from Bombay. Started in 1941, it was India's first weekly tabloid and focussed on investigative journalism and political news. It was published in English, and with editions in Hindi, Urdu and Marathi languages. History First published on 1 February 1941, the magazine was a pioneer of investigative journalism in India. Sudheendra Kulkarni, an Indian politician and journalist who worked with Blitz, said that the decision to launch ''Blitz'' had been taken over a cup of tea. Three patriotic journalists — B. V. Nadkarni, Benjamin Horniman and Karanjia himself — sat at Wayside Inn, a restaurant located near the historical Kala Ghoda area in Mumbai to conceptualise the paper. The paper was launched from an old Apollo Street building in the Fort locality of Mumbai, then known as Bombay. Its inaugural issue introduced the tabloid as ''Our BLITZ, India's BLITZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz (Portuguese Magazine)
''Blitz'' is a Portuguese media brand that focus on popular music and pop culture, based in Paço de Arcos. Since February 2018, the brand is present only on digital media and sporadic, special printed editions. Between November 1984 and April 2006, ''Blitz'' took the form of a weekly newspaper. Later, between June 2006 and January 2018, ''Blitz'' was issued as a monthly magazine. It was one of the earliest music publications in Portugal. History and profile ''Blitz'' was founded in November 1984. The magazine is based in Lisbon and is published by Medipress. In July 1992, it was acquired by Impresa, which gave the magazine access to more advanced technology, like color treatment. In June 2006, ''Blitz'' began to be published on a monthly basis. The 2004 circulation of ''Blitz'' was about 20,000 copies. Its circulation was 16,000 copies in 2007. The magazine had a circulation of 16,344 copies in 2010 and 14,008 in 2011. The circulation of the magazine was 10,648 copies in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
