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ELKA
ELKA, Elka, or Elkas may refer to: * Aspioti-ELKA, Greek publishing and printing firm, active 1873–1997 * An Italian synthesizer manufacturer, now defunct; brand now owned by Generalmusic, used for their amplifier products ** Elka Synthex, a synthesizer produced from 1981–1985 * ELKA, a Bulgarian manufacturer of calculators ** Elka 22, the most famous model * Elka (singer) (born 1982), Ukrainian singer * Elka de Levie (1905–1979), Dutch gymnast * Elka Gilmore (1960–2019, American chef (of eponymous San Francisco restaurant Elka) * Elka Graham (born 1981), Australian swimmer * Elka Nikolova, Bulgarian-American film director * Elka Ostrovsky, a fictional character from the TV show ''Hot in Cleveland'' * Elka Todorova, Bulgarian sociology, psychology, and social work researcher * Edward Elkas (fl. 1862–1926), American silent film actor * Peter Elkas Peter Elkas (born July 24, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, signed to MapleMusic Recordings. Born in Montreal, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspioti-ELKA
Aspioti-ELKA ( el, Ασπιώτη-ΕΛΚΑ) was one of the largest publishing and printing enterprises of Greece. Founded in 1873 in Corfu by Gerasimos Aspiotis as a factory manufacturing playing cards under the name ''Elpis'' it eventually merged with the ''Etairia Lithographias kai Kytiopoieias Athenon'' (ELKA) and finally became ''Aspioti-ELKA''. In business for over a century, Aspioti-ELKA was the oldest company of its kind in Greece when it folded in 1997. During the post-WWII period Aspioti-ELKA was one of the largest employers in the printing and publishing business in Greece up to 1985. In 1992 the company was sold by the National Bank of Greece to Jean Jacques Lesueur and in October 1997 it was declared bankrupt. History In 1873, Gerasimos Aspiotis founded a playing-card factory in Corfu under the name ''Elpis'' (Hope). In 1884, Aspiotis secured a contract with the government of Charilaos Trikoupis as the sole manufacturer of playing cards for Greece. The cards were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ELKA
ELKA, Elka, or Elkas may refer to: * Aspioti-ELKA, Greek publishing and printing firm, active 1873–1997 * An Italian synthesizer manufacturer, now defunct; brand now owned by Generalmusic, used for their amplifier products ** Elka Synthex, a synthesizer produced from 1981–1985 * ELKA, a Bulgarian manufacturer of calculators ** Elka 22, the most famous model * Elka (singer) (born 1982), Ukrainian singer * Elka de Levie (1905–1979), Dutch gymnast * Elka Gilmore (1960–2019, American chef (of eponymous San Francisco restaurant Elka) * Elka Graham (born 1981), Australian swimmer * Elka Nikolova, Bulgarian-American film director * Elka Ostrovsky, a fictional character from the TV show ''Hot in Cleveland'' * Elka Todorova, Bulgarian sociology, psychology, and social work researcher * Edward Elkas (fl. 1862–1926), American silent film actor * Peter Elkas Peter Elkas (born July 24, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, signed to MapleMusic Recordings. Born in Montreal, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka 22
The Elka 22 was the second Bulgarian electronic calculator; it was released in 1966 and its serial production began in 1967 in the town of Silistra. Weighing 8.5 kilograms (18.7 pounds), the Elka 22 has 3 registers and operates with 12 decimal digits. Addition speed is 0.3 seconds per operation, and division speed is 0.5 seconds. Its power consumption is 35 watts., pictures at the website This calculator has a plastic case, a nixie tube display and its technology is based on numerous phenol boards populated with hundreds of discrete transistors, diodes and resistors, not unlike other calculator models developed around the mid-1960s. The machine used a magnetic-core memory Magnetic-core memory was the predominant form of random-access computer memory for 20 years between about 1955 and 1975. Such memory is often just called core memory, or, informally, core. Core memory uses toroids (rings) of a hard magneti .... It was widely used in Bulgaria and the other Eastern b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generalmusic
Generalmusic was an Italian musical instrument manufacturing company focusing on digital and acoustic pianos, synthesizers and music workstations. The company produced three lines: a musical instrument series called GEM, a various studio equipment series called LEM and electric organs/synthesizers called ELKA. It was founded in 1987 and ceased business in 2009 before becoming bankrupt in 2011. History Early Years Generalmusic's first arranger workstation models were their WS series, released in 1990. Featuring a 5-track sequencer, 32 built-in arranger styles, and 32 user-programmable styles, they predated the General MIDI standard. This limited easy interoperability with other devices. The WX series (released in 1993) did implement General MIDI, offered a large blue LCD display, a user-friendly interface and some vintage synth sound presets like Oberheim, ARP 2600, Prophet or Elka Synthex. Although designed as arranger workstations, WX series had some professional synthesizer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka Synthex
The Elka Synthex is a polyphonic analog synthesizer produced by Italian music instrument manufacturer Elka from 1981 to 1985. Overview The Synthex was conceived and developed by independent Italian designer Mario Maggi, who then gained the financial backing of the Elka company of Italy, who produced the synthesizer from 1981 to 1985. Elka, a company more noted for its organs, had previously introduced their Rhapsody 490, 610 string machine, the monophonic Solist 505 and the big combo organ/synth X-705. A total of 1850 units were produced. Today is a highly sought-after instrument which recently reached quotations around 8,000 GBP. It was succeeded by the Elka EK-22 (based on the CEM3396 chip which was also featured in e.g. Oberheim's Matrix line of synthesizers) and the Elka EK-44 (based on Yamaha's 4-OP FM). Features and architecture The Synthex is an 8-voice analog synthesizer with 2 oscillators per note, separate envelope generators, and chorus. The use of stable DCOs (digitall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka (singer)
Elizaveta Valdemarovna Ivantsiv (russian: Елизаве́та Вальдема́ровна Иванци́в; ua, Єлизаве́та Вальдема́рівна Іванці́в, Yelizaveta Valdemarivna Ivantsiv; born 2 July 1982), known professionally as Yolka (russian: Ёлка, "Spruce"), is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, recording artist, presenter and actress. Raised in Uzhhorod, she started her musical career with R&B band. After that she signed to the label 100PRO and producer Vlad Valov and released her debut album ''City of Deception'' (russian: Город обмана), which included major hits "Girl in Peugeot" and "High Spirits" as for as album was proved a success. Afterwards Yolka released albums ''Shadows'' and ''This Gorgeous World'' in collaboration with Valov, which was unsuccessful. Since 2010 to 2012 she was a judge in Ukrainian version of popular show ''The X Factor''. Yolka's breakthrough came after the viral success of her single "Provence" in 2011. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka De Levie
Elka de Levie (21 November 1905 – 29 December 1979) was an Amsterdam-born Netherlands, Dutch Artistic gymnastics, gymnast who won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She was the only Jewish team member to survive the Holocaust; her teammates Anna Dresden-Polak, Jud Simons and Helena Nordheim and coach Gerrit Kleerekoper were gassed in Sobibor extermination camp, Sobibor, while Estella Agsteribbe was gassed in Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz. The entire team was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. On 31 October 1929 she married Andries Abraham Boas, with whom she had two daughters, but the couple were divorced on 20 April 1943. She and both her daughters survived the World War II, Second World War by going into hiding. Elka de Levie died in anonymity in Amsterdam on 29 December 1979.Uzi Dann, ''Olympic gold could not save them from the gas chambers'' in Haaretz, April 8, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka Gilmore
Elka Gilmore (March 17, 1960 – July 6, 2019) was an American chef and restauranteur. Her San Francisco restaurant, ''Elka'', earned national acclaim. In 1994, she was nominated for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best California Chef. Early life Elka Ruth Gilmore was born on March 17, 1960 in San Antonio, Texas. Her first restaurant job, as a dishwasher, was at Café Camille in Austin, when she was around 12 years old. She left home at age 16 to live with her grandmother in Madison, Wisconsin. As a teenager, she worked as a prep cook at L’Étoile in Madison; when the chef quit, Gilmore was promoted to chef. At 18, she travelled to Boston, New York, and Provence (where she apprenticed at a restaurant in Cotignac), before settling in Los Angeles in 1982. There, she worked at restaurants Tumbleweed, Checkers, and Palette. She was the co-owner of Camelion's, which served French-inspired cuisine. Career In 1991, at the age of 31, she opened her restaurant Elka in the Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka Graham
Elka Graham (born 20 October 1981), now known by her married name Elka Whalan, is an Australian former competition swimmer who swam in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle events, also swimming the 800-metre freestyle. She represented Australia at numerous international meets, including the Pan Pacific Championships, World Swimming Championships in 2001 and 2003, and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She was a member of Australia's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team that finished first at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, only to be disqualified when she and the rest of the relay jumped into the pool to celebrate before all the other teams in the final had finished. In 2007, she claimed that she was offered performance-enhancing drugs from another member of the Australian swimming team before the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, but refused to name the person. Graham retired from swimming in May 2006 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka Nikolova
Elka Nikolova ( bg, Елка Николова) is a New York-based Bulgarian filmmaker. She has received recognition as the director of her documentary film '' Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence'' which has helped to rekindle interest in the work and career of the pioneering Bulgarian film director Binka Zhelyazkova (1923–2011). The film took five years to make and includes interviews with many of Zhelyazkova's collaborators. The documentary premiered in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art, on April 4, 2007, and was shown at the 2007 South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles, where it won the Audience Award for best documentary film. It also won the award for Best Debut Film at the 2007 Golden Rython Festival for Nonfeature Films, and was featured in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka Ostrovsky
''Hot in Cleveland'' is an American television sitcom on TV Land starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, and Betty White. The series, which was TV Land's first original series, premiered on June 16, 2010, and was TV Land's highest rated telecast in the cable network's 14-year history. The series was originally picked up for 10 episodes. On May 1, 2014, TV Land renewed ''Hot in Cleveland'' for a sixth season and confirmed the following November that it would be the show's last. The series ran for 128 episodes, with the hour-long final episode airing on June 3, 2015. The series was created by Suzanne Martin and executive produced by Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner, through their production companies SamJen Productions and Hazy Mills Productions, and is produced in association with TV Land. The concept behind the show was based on an original idea by Lynda Obst, who serves as executive producer. The series was recorded in front of a live studio audience at CB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elka Todorova
Elka Todorova ( bg, Елка Тодорова) is a researcher in the fields of sociology, psychology, and social work, working in the Institute of Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as a senior research associate. She is the author of 6 books and over 35 articles, studies and research reports. In 2003, she completed the Mid-Career Second Degree Master of Public Administration at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, which she attended as both a Kokkalis Fellow and an Edward S. Mason Fellow. She is also the recipient of two Fulbright Program fellowships. Currently, she is director and professor of the Master Program European Social Policy and Social Work at New Bulgarian University in Sofia and senior research fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Department Sociology of Labour and Social Policy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akadem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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