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Jac Gorodetzky
JAC or Jac may refer to: Businesses * JAC Liner, a Philippine bus company *JAC Motors, a Chinese automobile manufacturer * Japan Air Commuter airline (ICAO: JAC) Organizations *JAC (football club), a football club from Libreville, Gabon * Japanese Alpine Club * Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, a Soviet political organization * Jharkhand Academic Council * Joint Analysis Center, US intelligence agency *Joint Astronomy Centre, an observatory telescope operator * Judicial Appointments Commission, of England and Wales *''Junta de Aviación Civil'', the civil aviation authority of the Dominican Republic *Men's Hockey Junior Africa Cup, international under-21 field hockey tournament organised by the African Hockey Federation. Other uses *''J.A.C.'', an album from Austrian band Tosca * Jac Naylor, a fictional character in ''Holby City'' * Castra of Jac, a fort in the Roman province of Dacia * Jakaltek language (ISO 639-3: jac) * John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JAC Liner
JAC Liner Inc. is one of the largest bus companies in the Philippines serving the riding public en route to Southern Luzon provinces which includes key destinations in the provinces of Laguna, Batangas, Quezon and Marinduque. History JAC (Jaime A. Chua) Liner, owned by the Chua Family, began operating in April 1987 as a sole proprietorship operating two second hand buses along the Alabang - Fairview route. The owner's family backyard lot functioned as the company's repair garage and head office. In 1988, JAC Liner acquired eight additional second-hand buses from other bus operators. These were rehabilitated and made operational. A year after, they were assisted by the Bus Installment Purchase Program (BIPP), a program that would allow them to purchase buses on installment basis which allowed them to purchase 26 new buses and was granted to have additional franchises along EDSA. In March 1992, they were formally incorporated as JAC Liner Inc. Two years later, they moved their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of Ancient Civilizations
The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) is a graduate research institute on ancient history, ancient languages, and archaeology at the Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China (Jilin Province). The IHAC was the first Chinese institute to establish chairs and academic research positions for Assyriology, Hittitology, Egyptology, and Classics in a broad sense (Greek and Roman philology, ancient history, classical archaeology). The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations was founded in 1984, after the Chinese professors Zhou Gucheng (Fudan University), Wu Yujin (Wuhan University), and Lin Zhichun (Northeast Normal University) jointly appealed to the Ministry of Education to establish such an institution, successfully arguing that to understand Western nations, it was necessary to study their ancient as well as their modern history. Since 1986, the IHAC has annually published thJournal of Ancient Civilizations''JAC''). The ''JAC'' aims to publish t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobus Van Looy
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (12 September 1855 – 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer. Biography Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five years old and when his father died soon afterwards, he ended up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. He trained to become a house painter, but was able to follow drawing classes, from 1877 at the "Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten" in Amsterdam. In 1884, he received the Prix de Rome, which allowed him to travel.Jac. van Looy in the The years 1885-86 he spent traveling through , |
Jac Schaeffer
JAC or Jac may refer to: Businesses *JAC Liner, a Philippine bus company *JAC Motors, a Chinese automobile manufacturer *Japan Air Commuter airline (ICAO: JAC) Organizations * JAC (football club), a football club from Libreville, Gabon *Japanese Alpine Club *Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, a Soviet political organization *Jharkhand Academic Council *Joint Analysis Center, US intelligence agency *Joint Astronomy Centre, an observatory telescope operator *Judicial Appointments Commission, of England and Wales *'' Junta de Aviación Civil'', the civil aviation authority of the Dominican Republic * Men's Hockey Junior Africa Cup, international under-21 field hockey tournament organised by the African Hockey Federation. Other uses *'' J.A.C.'', an album from Austrian band Tosca *Jac Naylor, a fictional character in ''Holby City'' *Castra of Jac, a fort in the Roman province of Dacia *Jakaltek language (ISO 639-3: jac) *John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada *''Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Rayner
Jacqueline Rayner is a British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell's Virgin New Adventure novel ''Oh No It Isn't!'' for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish. (The novel featured the character of Bernice Summerfield and was part of a spin-off series from ''Doctor Who''.) She went on to do five of the six Bernice Summerfield audio adaptations and further work for Big Finish before going to work for BBC Books on their ''Doctor Who'' lines. Her first novels came in 2001, with the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel ''EarthWorld'' for BBC Books and the Bernice Summerfield novel ''The Squire's Crystal'' for Big Finish. Rayner has written several other ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs and was also for a period the executive producer for the BBC on the Big Finish range of ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Nellemann
Jacob "Jac" NellemannSources disagree regarding the spelling of this person's surnameChicaneF1 an racing-reference spell it as "Nelleman" (i.e. with one 'n' at the end). Howeve oldracingcars.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Nasser
Jacques Albert Nasser (Arabic: جاك نصر; born 12 December 1947) is a Lebanese Australian American business executive and philanthropist. Known for a management career at Ford Motor Company spanning several decades and continents, from 1999 to 2001 he served as Ford's CEO and president. He subsequently was a partner at One Equity Partners (JPMorgan), as well as on the boards of British Sky Broadcasting and Brambles. Also previously on the international advisory council of Allianz and Chairman of the Australian mining company BHP Billiton from 2010 to 2017, ''Smart Company'' named Nasser No. 6 on a 2012 list of the "most powerful people in Australian boardrooms." Nasser is currently on the boards of Koç Holding and Fox Corporation, serving as both lead independent director and chairman of the compensation committee for the latter. He is also currently on the advisory board of Altimetrik and on the chairman's panel of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Nasser, who funds a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Morgan
Jac Morgan (born 21 January 2000) is a Welsh rugby union player. Morgan plays in the backrow. He plays rugby for the Ospreys. Early life Morgan was born in Sketty, Wales. He gave up a mechanical engineering apprenticeship to pursue professional rugby union. Club career Morgan came through the Scarlets academy and made his debut in the Challenge Cup clash with London Irish in November 2019. Morgan then scored his first professional try in the Pro 14 defeat to Ulster. After returning from a knee injury in February, Morgan crossed for two tries in a man-of-the-match display against Benetton, before putting in 25 tackles to help the Scarlets claim a crucial victory over Edinburgh. This led to Morgan being voted Scarlets Player of the Month for February. In March 2021, it was announced that Morgan would join local rivals Ospreys following expiration of his contract. Morgan can play at blindside, number 8, and open side flanker. He is relatively small compared to most, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Jagaciak
Monika Jagaciak Jankic (; born 15 January 1994), known professionally as Jac Jagaciak, is a Polish model. After signing with IMG Models in 2007, Jagaciak was given the nickname "Jac" by the agency. Career Early work and controversy (2007–08) Jagaciak's modeling career began in 2007 after she was encouraged by her sister to attend an open casting of GAGA Models Agency at a shopping center in Poland. She was then picked up by IMG who signed her and in July 2007 she appeared on the cover of French ''Jalouse''. Her big break came at age 13, when Jagaciak went on to land a Hermès campaign for the Fall/Winter 2007 season alongside Daria Werbowy, beating out 600 other candidates while still in primary school. Jagaciak stated in a later interview that before doing the campaign she had never heard of Hermes, nor had she heard of the photographer of the shoot Peter Lindbergh, "I think not knowing helped me stay relaxed" she said. Though Jagaciak's photos incensed some critics, who were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Holzman
Jac Holzman (born September 15, 1931) is an American music businessman, best known as the founder, chief executive officer and head of record label Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records. Holzman commercially helped launch the CD and home video formats, as well as the pilot program which became MTV. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Biography Early life Holzman was born to a Jewish family, the son of a Manhattan doctor. He founded Elektra Entertainment as a small independent folk label in his St. John's College dormitory room in 1950, with $600 ($ in dollars). That same year the first record released was New Songs by John Gruen, initially a flop but a big learning lesson, 500 copies were pressed with less than a quarter of them were sold. He held Amateur Radio callsign K2VEH around this time. In 1968, he approved Elektra Record's Paxton Lodge, the experimental recording studio where Jackson Browne first recorded. By 1957 Elektra was $90,000 ($ in dollar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors)
John Jones (10 November 1766 – 21 May 1821), better known by his bardic name Jac Glan-y-gors, was a Welsh language satirical poet and radical pamphleteer, born in Cerrigydrudion, Denbighshire, north Wales. Glan-y-gors was an accomplished and natural prose writer although his output was small. His best known prose works are ''Seren Tan Gwmmwl'' and ''Toriad y Dydd'', political tracts addressed to the Welsh people which reflect the radical ideals of Thomas Paine and the author's Welsh patriotism. As a satirist, he was highly influential. His poetic output is more considerable and includes the poem entitled ''Cerdd Dic Siôn Dafydd''Dic Siôn Dafydd - Richard son of John son of David - is the name given to a Welshman who despises his language and who imitates the English. Dic Siôn Dafydd left Wales and became a draper in London; his pomposity led him to claim that he had forgotten how to speak Welsh, and on a visit to his mother in Wales who spoke only Welsh he insisted on spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Arama
Jac Arama (born Jacques Arama on 20 February 1968 in Richmond, London, UK) is a TV producer and talent agent of French descent, based in London UK. Previously he was a high profile professional poker player. Arama appeared on TV regularly, including Late Night Poker and the World Poker Championship (which he co produced). He has amassed over $700,000 in tournament winnings and was known for his aggressive playing style which is referred to by poker commentators as ''Jac Attack''. He was also known for his large range of sunglasses (over 300 pairs) Poker career His first major tournament victory was at the Master Classics of Poker 2000 event in Amsterdam, where he earned the $63,471 first prize. This led to several appearances on the Late Night Poker television show. In his first appearance he finished fourth, outlasting both Dave Welch and Joe Beevers. On his second attempt he finished third, outlasting John Duthie, but unable to overcome Ram Vaswani. He eventually won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
