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Österreichische Postsparkasse
Österreichische Postsparkasse (, , abbr. P.S.K.) was a postal savings systems, postal savings bank in Austria. It was owned by the Österreichische Post, Austrian Post Office and thus by the government. It merged on 1 October 2005 with the BAWAG to form BAWAG P.S.K. History During the Austro-Hungarian Empire Österreichische Postsparkasse was founded by law in 1882. On 28 May, the parliamentary bill "...on the introduction of postal savings banks in kingdoms and countries represented by the Imperial Assembly" was passed in the Imperial Council (Austria), Imperial Council (''Reichsrat''). The government bill was drawn up by Georg Coch, the founder and first director of the bank. The first headquarters of the "k.k. Postsparcassen-Amt" (Imperial-Royal Postal Savings Office) was opened on 12 January 1883 in the former Dominican Order, Dominican Monastery building on Wollzeile street in the first Viennese district Innere Stadt. About 4,000 post office branches located throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schoolly D
Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. (born June 22, 1962), better known by the stage name Schoolly D, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biography Schoolly D was born Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. in West Philadelphia and raised in Philadelphia as well as Georgia. In the mid-1980s, Schoolly D teamed up with DJ Code Money with lyrics reflecting urban realism, violence, and sexual bravado. He was interviewed in the 1986 documentary '' Big Fun in the Big Town''. He later embraced an Afrocentric style, bringing Afrocentric culture to hip hop along with KRS-One. Schoolly D contributed songs and music to many Abel Ferrara films, including " P.S.K." and "Saturday Night" (from '' Saturday Night! – The Album'') as well as " King of New York" to Ferrara's film of the same name and the title track from '' Am I Black Enough For You?'' that was played during the climactic shoot-out in that film, the title track from '' How a Black Man Feels'', and "Signifying Rapper" (from '' Smoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
