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TriCon
Tricon may refer to: * Tricon Global Restaurants, a spin-off company of PepsiCo that, after a merger, became known as Yum! Brands * Tricon Residential, formerly Tricon Capital, a Canadian real estate company * Tricon, an alternate name for the 24th World Science Fiction Convention, a convention held in three cities in 1966 * Tricon Award, an award presented to Lady Gaga at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards * Tricon container, an intermodal shipping container An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different Mode of transport, modes of trans ... one-third the size of a standard 20-foot container * Tricon, a consortium related to the Senator Lines shipping company * Tricon Films & Television, a production company that produced content such as the television series '' Cock'd Gunns'' * TRICON Garage, an automobile racing tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricon Residential
Tricon Residential (formerly Tricon Capital) is a Canadian real estate company. The company invests in single-family rental and multi-family rental homes, and owns about 31,000 properties across the United States and Canada. As of February 2021, the company had about $8.2 billion of assets under management. History Tricon was founded by Geoffrey Matus and David Berman on June 3, 1988. The company went public in 2010 and was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Tricon entered the U.S. single-family rental business in 2012 with Tricon American Homes, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. In 2017, Tricon bought the American real estate investment trust Silver Bay Realty for $1.4 billion. becoming the fourth largest publicly owned single-family rental company in the United States. In 2018, Tricon formed a $2 billion single-family rental joint venture to acquire 10,000 homes in the U.S Sun Belt. In 2019, the company acquired 708 housing units in Nashville, Tennessee for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricon Global Restaurants
Yum! Brands, Inc. (or Yum!), formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., is an American fast food corporation listed on the Fortune 1000. Yum! operates the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, except in China, where the brands are operated by a separate company, Yum China. Yum! previously also owned Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Yum! is one of the world's largest fast food restaurant companies in terms of system units. In 2016, Yum! had 43,617 restaurants, including 2,859 that were company-owned and 40,758 that were franchised, in 135 nations and territories worldwide. History PepsiCo fast food division The company's history began in 1977, when PepsiCo entered the restaurant business by acquiring Pizza Hut. A year later, PepsiCo purchased Taco Bell. In July 1986, R. J. Reynolds sold KFC to PepsiCo to pay off debt from its recent purchase of Nabisco. In 1990, Hot 'n Now was acquired via Taco Bell, but the company was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th World Science Fiction Convention
The 24th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Tricon, was held on 1–5 September 1966 at the Sheraton-Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Officially, the convention was hosted by three cities in the region: Cincinnati, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan; hence the name "Tricon". The three co-chairmen of that Worldcon each represented their city's fandom; they were Ben Jason of Cleveland, Howard DeVore of Detroit, and Lou Tabakow of Cincinnati. Participants Attendance was approximately 850. Guests of Honor * L. Sprague de Camp * Isaac Asimov (toastmaster) Programming and events At the convention, Gene Roddenberry premiered both pilot episodes, "The Cage" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before", for his upcoming NBC TV series '' Star Trek''. Awards 1966 Hugo Awards * Best Novel (tie): ** '' ...And Call Me Conrad'' by Roger Zelazny ** '' Dune'' by Frank Herbert * Best Short Fiction: " 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the "Super Bowl for youth", an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year. By 2001, the VMA had become a coveted award. The statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV, and was colloquially called a "moonman". However, in 2017, Chris McCarthy, the president of MTV, stated that the statue would be called a "Moon Person" from then on. The statue was conceived by Manhattan Design—also designers of the original MTV logo—based on the 1981 "Top of the Hour" animation created by Fred Seibert, produced by Alan Goodman, and produced by Buzz Potamkin at Buzzco As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intermodal Container
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different Mode of transport, modes of transport – from container ship, ship to Rail transport, rail to Semi-trailer truck, truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo. Intermodal containers are primarily used to store and transport materials and products efficiently and securely in the global containerization, containerized intermodal freight transport system, but smaller numbers are in regional use as well. These containers are known under a number of names. Based on size alone, up to 95% of intermodal containers comply with ISO standards, and can officially be called ISO containers. Many other names are simply: container, cargo or freight container, shipping, sea or ocean container, container van or sea van, sea can or C can, or MILVAN, SEAVAN, or RO/RO. The also used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator Lines
Senator Lines was a German based container transportation and shipping company headquartered in Bremen. The company was formed in 1994 with the merger of DSR-Lines GmbH (Rostock) and Senator Linie GmbH & Co. KG (Bremen). Company profile DSR began in 1956 with service to Finland. Two years later it travelled to Egypt, following that with service to India in 1963. ''"Senator Linie"'' was founded in 1985 by Karl Heinz Sager ex CEO of Hapag lloyd and Hans Gerd Gielessen with a chartered fleet of small container ships sailing around the world eastbound and west bound. The company started operating as a subsidiary of Bremer Vulkan and began its operations in April 1987. In 1987 a "Round the World Service" with 14-day departures was launched. After the German reunification, starting from January 1990, a cooperation with the East German liner shipping company DSR took place, from which the TRICON consortium emerged in June 1990 with the inclusion of the South Korean shipping company C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cock'd Gunns
''Cock'd Gunns'' is a Canadian English language mockumentary television series originally produced for IFC and later broadcast on Showcase. The series documents the lives of members of the fictional rock band Cock'd Gunns, as they try to become the biggest band in the world. The show is a production of Tricon Films & Television, and it was directed by Samir Rehem. Premise Lead singer/songwriter Reggie Van Gunn and bassist Dick Van Gunn are brothers living together for the first time since they were kids. The Van Gunn brothers form the nucleus of Cock'd Gunns, while novice drummer Barry Ciccarelli tries to keep the beat and rookie manager Keith Horvak provides leadership. Together, these four form a rock band with no brains, no fans and no record deal, only high hopes as they try to become the biggest band in the world. Cast * Morgan Waters, as Reggie Van Gunn (songwriter/vocals/lead guitar) * Andy King, as Dick Van Gunn (bass) * Brooks Gray, as Barry Ciccarelli (drums) * Leo Sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gilliland Racing
TRICON Garage, formally known as David Gilliland Racing and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, the ARCA Menards Series West, and the CARS Tour. The team was founded in early 2017 when racing team owners David Gilliland and Bo LeMastus came together to form a collaborative effort from their respective teams, David Gilliland Racing and Crosley Sports Group, known as DGR-Crosley. DGR-Crosley fielded Toyotas in 2018 and 2019 before announcing its switch to Ford starting in 2020. The team reverted to the David Gilliland Racing name in 2021 as Johnny Gray became a co-owner. Former co-owner and driver Bo LeMastus remained with the team in a marketing and sponsorship capacity. On October 27, 2022, the team announced that they will be moving to Toyota Racing Development in 2023 and will rename the team TRICON Garage. The new name is said to be derived from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triconex
Triconex is both the name of a Schneider Electric brand that supplies products, systems, and services for safety, critical control, and turbomachinery applications and the name of its hardware devices that utilize its TriStation application software. Triconex products are based on patented Triple modular redundancy (TMR) industrial safety-shutdown technology. Today, Triconex TMR products operate globally in more than 11,500 installations. Company history The history of Triconex was published in the book ''The History of a Safer World'' by Gary L. Wilkinson. The company was founded in September 1983 by Jon Wimer in Santa Ana, California and began operations in March 1984. The business plan was written by Wimer and Peter Pitsker, an automation industry veteran and Stanford graduate. They presented the plan for a TMR (triple modular redundant) system named "Tricon" that would improve the safety and reliability of industrial applications. Among the customers they targeted were t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doha Metro
The Doha Metro is a rapid transit system in Doha, Qatar's capital city, which became operational on 8 May 2019. It has three lines with an approximate overall length of 76 km and 37 stations. It is an integral component of the larger Qatar Rail network, which will include a long-distance rail for passengers and freight, linking Qatar to the GCC, and the Lusail LRT. Capable of reaching 100 km/h, the Doha Metro is one of the fastest driverless trains in the world. Doha Metro is operated and maintained for a duration of 20 years by RKH Qitarat, a joint venture formed by Hamad Group (51%) and French transit operators Keolis and RATP Dev (49%), on behalf of system owner Qatar Rail. History In 2009, Qatari Diar and Deutsche Bahn signed a joint venture to develop a concept for a railway network in Qatar. In 2011, Qatar Rail became the sole owner of the project while Deutsche Bahn with its global wing DB International (since 2016 DB Engineering & Consulting) took over as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, current affairs, and drama series. The television channel closed down in 2016 and was replaced by an online-only BBC Three streaming channel. After six years of being online, BBC Three returned to linear television on 1 February 2022. It broadcasts every day from 19:00 to around 04:00, timesharing with CBBC (which starts at 07:00). BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel, its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leveraging technology as well as new talent. Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output originated from the United Kingdom. Notable exceptions were '' Family Guy'' and ''American Dad'' (both of them originating in the United States). It an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divines (film)
''Divines'' is a 2016 drama film directed by Houda Benyamina. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Houda Benyamina won the Caméra d'Or. The film also was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery section. It was released on Netflix worldwide (except in France) on 18 November 2016. Plot Dounia is a teenage girl living in a Romani banlieue on the outskirts of Paris with her mother and aunt. She and her best friend Maimouna hustle for money, shoplifting from supermarkets and then reselling their wares on the streets to their classmates. The two girls have a secret hiding place in the catwalk of a local theatre where they observe dance auditions. Djigui, an untrained dancer, catches Dounia's eye. One day, Maimouna dares Dounia to spit on him and she does, resulting in him trying to chase her down. He ends up slipping and Dounia rescues him by pulling him up from the catwalk. At schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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