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Escala (other)
Escala may refer to: Geography * Escala, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France * a building in Washington, United States * L'Escala, a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain People * Erasmo Escala (1826–1884), Chilean soldier and commander-in-chief of the army * Pato Escala Pierart, Chilean animator and film producer * Jaume Perich Escala (1941–1995), Spanish writer, cartoonist and humorist, better known as El Perich Music *Escala nordestina (Portuguese: "Northeastern scale") musical scales commonly used in the music of the Nordeste * Escala (group), an electronic string quartet from London, England ** Escala (album), their 2009 self-titled debut album Other uses * Cadillac Escala, a concept car built by Cadillac in 2016 * Escala scharrerae, a species of cockroach found in Australia * Escala i corda, a variant of the handball sport of Valencian pilota See also * Scala (other) * Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala, Hautes-Pyrénées
Escala (; oc, Escalar) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department References Communes of Hautes-Pyrénées {{HautesPyrénées-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In Seattle
Seattle, Washington, United States, the most populous city in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, has 118 completed high-rise buildings over , of which 52 are over tall. An additional 65 high-rise buildings are under construction or undergoing planning and design review, . The tallest building in Seattle is the 76-story Columbia Center, which rises and was completed in 1985. It is currently the 41st-tallest building in the United States, and the tallest building in the state of Washington. The 20 tallest buildings in Washington are all located in Seattle. In terms of the number of skyscrapers over , Seattle's skyline is ranked first in the Northwestern United States, third on the West Coast (after Los Angeles and San Francisco) and seventh in North America. History After the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, Seattle began reconstruction of the city's central business district under a new building code requiring the use of fireproof materials, such as stone a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Escala
L'Escala (Spanish: ''La Escala'') is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Costa Brava, located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay) Montgó. It is an important fishing port and tourist centre, and has a festival dedicated to its famous anchovies. The GE-513 road runs inland from the town. The ''Alfolí de la Sal'', also known as the ''Pòsit Vell'', is a seventeenth-century warehouse formerly used to store the salt necessary to preserve fish landed at the port: it is now a protected historic-artistic monument. The ruins of Empúries are located on the territory of the municipality, with Phoenician and Roman remains dating from 580 BC. L'Escala is the village of Víctor Català (pseudonym of Caterina Albert, 1869-1966) a famous novel writer. The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, passes through L'Escala on its stage betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erasmo Escala
Erasmo Escala Arriagada (June 2, 1826 – March 3, 1884) was a Chilean soldier who served as commander-in-chief of the army during part of the War of the Pacific. He was born in Valparaíso, where he also completed his first studies. He joined the Military Academy in 1837. He participated in the battle of Yungay, during the war against the Peru-Bolivian Confederacy, and later in the Pacification of the Araucanía. During the battle of Loncomilla, in the 1851 revolution, he was injured and lost one of his arms. General Escala was already a veteran when on July 18, 1879, during the War of the Pacific, was called by Domingo Santa María, principal minister of President Aníbal Pinto, to assume command of the army in replacement of General Justo Arteaga, who had just resigned due to political in-fighting. Santa Maria chose him because a popular soldier was wanted at the head of the army. More to the point, Santa Maria also wanted someone who would be malleable and pliant to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pato Escala Pierart
Patricio "Pato" Ignacio Escala Pierart is a Chilean animator and film producer. He is best known for producing, editing and animating the short animated film ''Bear Story'' (2015), which won for Best Animated Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards; the first Chilean film to do so, and ''Nahuel and the Magic Book'' (2020). He shared the win with director Gabriel Osorio Vargas. The film also entered various film festivals A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ... worldwide, receiving numerous awards and nominations. Life and career Early life His father, who was a military under Pinochet's ruling, died when Escala was 17. Escala used to listen to revolutionary rock bands such as Los Miserables. He studied to become a veterinarian for two years, and then studied communication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Perich
Jaume Perich Escala, better known as El Perich (Barcelona, November 5, 1941-Mataró, February 1, 1995), was a Catalan writer, cartoonist and humorist. He was also the translator of French series such as Asterix, Blueberry and Achille Talon, among others. Biography In 1964 he started as editor of the publisher Bruguera. In 1966 he published his first comic in the press, in newspapers such as ''La Soli'', ''El Correo Catalán'', ''La Vanguardia'' and ''El Periódico de Cataluña''. He also helped with the magazine '' Bang!'' In 1971 he wrote ''Autopista'', a compilation of aphorisms, short sentences and somewhat political puns that appeared in newspapers. Then he published another 20 books with similar characteristics, among them the series ''Noticias del 5º Canal''. He was one of the founders of the comics magazine ''Hermano Lobo'' (1972). He was also co-director of political magazine '' Por Favor'' alongside Manuel Vázquez Montalbán and Forges. He died on February 1, 1995, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala Nordestina
The escala nordestina ( pt, "Northeastern scale") are a body of musical scales commonly used in the music of the Nordeste, the northeastern region of Brazil. The term can apply to several different scales, including the Mixolydian, the Lydian with a flattened seventh (see Acoustic scale), and the Dorian. These three modes have in common the rejection of the use of the major seventh as the leading-tone, generally preferring the more "acoustic and natural" minor seventh. The term ''northeastern scale'' is most commonly used to refer to the Mixolydian mode, which is extensively used in baião and frevo music. In Brazilian music, the Dorian mode is formed from the Mixolydian mode, by the lowering of the third, thus being a minor version of the former. The Brazilian Lydian, somewhat less common in practice, is a synthetic scale In music, a synthetic scale is a scale that derives from a traditional diatonic major scale by altering of one degree by a semitone in either direction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala (group)
Escala (formerly known as Scala) is an electronic string quartet, from London, England who rose to fame when they performed on and reached the final of the second series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' on ITV1 in May 2008. Background Two of the four members of Escala, Izzy Johnston and Chantal Leverton, were part of Wild, a similar five-piece classical group who were signed to EMI and released an album with the label in 2005. The four members of the group met in 2005 when they were part of the string section on an arena tour with McFly. Three of them, Victoria Lyon, Chantal Leverton and Tasya Hodges performed with Jeff Wayne on his ''War of the Worlds'' Tour in 2006. ''Britain's Got Talent'' In the first round of the show, Escala performed a "techno version" of '' Palladio'' by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, and were put through to the semi-finals by judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. At the semi-final, they performed an instrumental version of " Live An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala (album)
''Escala'' is the self-titled debut album by British quartet Escala, who appeared on the ITV talent contest ''Britain's Got Talent''. It was released on 25 May 2009 in the United Kingdom. Release Escala revealed their debut album to an audience of about 400 media at Whitehall Palace, London on 23 September 2008. The album release was pushed back numerous times, to 1 June 2009. Then the album's release was brought forward by one week to 25 May 2009. Recording The album was produced by Trevor Horn and recorded mainly at Sarm West London. Parts of "Kashmir" recorded at Sarm West Coast, Los Angeles, and the orchestra for the album was recorded at Angel Recording Studios, London. Album analysis The album begins with "Requiem for a Tower", which is a re-orchestrated version of "Lux Aeterna" from the 2000 film, ''Requiem for a Dream''. The piece will be familiar to viewers of ''Britain's Got Talent'', as it is frequently used on the show. Another group's version of the piece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadillac Escala
The Cadillac Escala is a concept car built by Cadillac for the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The last of a trifecta of concept cars initially conceived in 2007, it is preceded by the Ciel and Elmiraj, which had debuted back in 2011 and 2013 respectively. The Escala previews Cadillac's future design language, being an evolution of the Art and Science design philosophy that has been used on its cars for over a decade. The Escala was first announced via a trailer video on August 15, 2016. Its name, revealed one day before its public debut, derives from the Spanish word for ''scale''. This refers to the Escala using an elongated version of the Cadillac CT6's Omega underpinnings, being approximately six inches longer than the latter. The car was unveiled at a cocktail party in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California on August 18, 2016, which was attended by Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen, GM Vice President of Global Design Michael Simcoe and Cadillac's executive director of glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala Scharrerae
''Escala scharrerae'' is a species of cockroach found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10489017 Cockroaches Insects described in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala I Corda
Escala i corda (, "stairs and rope") is the most prestigious variant of Valencian pilota, and the only one apart from raspall to have professional players. History The "Escala i corda" variant began around 1910, when the player Nel de Murla settled a 1.80 m high rope in the middle of a trinquet and thus divided the courtfield in two sides. Until then, the midfield was variable, using the "ratlles" of the Llargues variant. Ball In "Escala i corda" a kind of ball called pilota de vaqueta (Catalan for ''little cow ball'') is used; it is a small and extremely fast ball, very tough, and bounces well. The name comes from the fact that it is made of cow leather. The dimensions of the ball for adult games are 42 mm diameter, 138 mm circumference, and 42 gr weight. Rules The objective of an ''Escala i corda'' game is sending the ball over a net by hitting it with the hand. When the opponent does not return it, the sending team wins the ''quinze''. Matches are played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
