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Valo
Valo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Elmer Valo (1921–1998), American baseball player *Jesse Valo (born 1984), Finnish kickboxer and musician, former member of Iconcrash * Ville Valo (born 1976), Finnish musician Other *''Valo'', an album by Finnish rock band Yö * VALO-CD, a distribution of open-source software on a CD for Microsoft Windows * Adelaide 500 also known as Clipsal 500; a race in Adelaide. See also * Vallo (other) * Valor (other) * Valon * Val (other) * Vola (other) * Volo (other) Volo can refer to: Places *Volo, Illinois, a village in the United States ** Volo Auto Museum *Volos, Greek city * Çatalada (Volo) Music * Volo (duo), French duo made up of Frédéric and Olivier Volovitch * Il Volo, Italian operatic pop trio * ... * Vala (other) {{surname, Valo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville Valo
Ville Hermanni Valo (; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish father, Valo began his career playing bass and drums in various bands around the city. In 1991, he co-founded and became the lead singer and main songwriter of HIM, which would go on to become one of the most successful Finnish bands of all time and the first to receive a gold record in the United States. Outside of HIM, Valo has collaborated with various other bands and artists during his career, including Agents, The 69 Eyes, and Apocalyptica. In 2020, Valo embarked on a solo career under the moniker VV. His debut album ''Neon Noir'' was released in 2023. Known for his deep, crooning, baritone voice, Valo was found to possess the eighth-highest vocal range of any known singer in popular music by VVN Music. He is also the creator of the heartagram, HIM's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Valo
Elmer William Valo (March 5, 1921 – July 19, 1998), born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak American professional baseball right fielder, coach, and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Playing in the major leagues for 20 seasons between and , Valo batted .282, with 58 home runs, and 601 runs batted in (RBI), in 1,806 games, with most of his time spent as a member of the Athletics franchise, which was then located in Philadelphia and Kansas City. Early years A native of Rybník, Czechoslovakia, Valo emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six. Career Valo played for Federalsburg of the Eastern Shore League in 1939, and for Wilmington in the Interstate League in 1940. Valo's big-league playing career was affected by three franchise relocations. Valo spent his first 13 seasons in the majors with the Philadelphia A's, then accompanied the team to Kansas City when the club moved after the 1954 season. Valo moved with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valor (other)
Valor, valour, or valorous may mean: * Courage, a similar meaning * Virtue ethics, roughly "courage in defense of a noble cause" Entertainment * Valor (band), a Christian gospel music group * Valor Kand, a member of the band Christian Death * ''Valor'' (TV series), an American drama series * Valor (DC Comics), a DC Comics superhero * ''Valor'' (EC Comics), an EC Comics title Sports * Washington Valor, American football team * Team Valor International, an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable * Valour FC, a Canadian soccer club Other * Bell V-280 Valor, U.S. army tiltrotor aircraft * Valor Communications, the former name of Windstream Communications, a telecommunications company * Valor Ecclesiasticus, a survey of the finances of the church in England, Wales and English-controlled parts of Ireland made in 1535 * Yale & Valor, a UK-based gas boiler manufacturer * ''Carnival Valor'', a Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line * , the name of more than one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valon
Valon is an Albanian male given name meaning "wave" (Albanian:''Valë'') or more particularly "waving" as an adjective. People * Valon Ahmedi (born 1994), Albanian football player * Valon Behrami (born 1985), Swiss football player * Valon Berisha (born 1993), Norwegian football player * Valon Saracini (born 1981), the Minister of Economy of Macedonia * Valon Xhukolli, housemate on the Albanian Big Brother television series Places * Occitan for Gard, a department in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region Fictional characters * Valon (Yu-Gi-Oh! character), character in the anime and manga series, ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' See also * Vallon (other) Vallon is a municipality. Vallon may also refer to: People with the surname *Aristide Vallon (1826—1897), French foreign legion * Harry Vallon, American gambler and mob informant * Pierre Vallon (1927-2016), French businessman and politician F ... {{given name, Valon, nocat Masculine given names Albanian masculine g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VALO-CD
VALO-CD, a distribution of open-source software on a CD for Microsoft Windows, aims to spread knowledge and the use of open-source software. VALO-CD originates from Finland, and was originally available only in Finnish. Since version 7, an international version of VALO-CD has also been available in English. The acronym ''VALO'' means "Free/Libre Open-Source Software" in Finnish. is also a Finnish word that means "light". Therefore the name of the project has a connotation of bringing enlightenment. The Finnish version of VALO-CD had the special goal of concentrating on completely localized open-source software. The project started in 2008, and aims to support technological and economic development in Finland. Contents Version 8 of VALO-CD includes the following software: *Writing and drawing: Dia, GIMP, Inkscape, LibreOffice, and Scribus. *Internet: Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin, Vuze, and WinSCP. *Recreation: Stellarium, and Tux Paint. *Multimedia: Audacity, MuseScore an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iconcrash
Iconcrash is a Finnish electrorock/ darkwave band from Helsinki, formed by vocalist/composer Jaani Peuhu. Now the band members include Arttu Juntunen, keyboard and backing vocals, Riku-Niilo Mattila bass, Matti Toivonen, guitar and Oskari Vilmunen, drums. The English-Finnish record company Parole Records published their debut album Nude in spring 2005, after which the live band was assembled. Their second album Enochian Devices was published in spring 2010 with the collaboration of Dynasty Recordings and EMI Finland. The album was recorded at Dynasty Studios and at Sonic Pump and the production lasted over a year. The album was received well and the singles Strange, Strange Dark Star and Everlasting got plenty of radio play and reached the top of YleX:s most wanted list. Strange, Strange Dark Star also appeared in Clive Barkers movie Midnight Meat Train, to which it was remixed by Justin Larsen (Lady Gaga, Linkin Park, Nine Inch Nails) and three songs were also in the soundtrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallo (other)
Vallo (also as Vallø) may refer to: People ;Given name *Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player *Vallo Kirs, Estonian actor * Vallo Reimaa, Estonian politician ;Surname * Ambra Vallo, Italian ballet dancer *James Vallo, American actor and film producer Places ;Italy *Vallo della Lucania, a municipality in the Province of Salerno, Campania *Vallo di Diano, a geographical region of the Province of Salerno, Campania *Vallo di Nera, a municipality in the Province of Perugia, Umbria *Vallo Torinese, a municipality in the Province of Turin, Piedmont *Mazara del Vallo, a municipality in the Province of Trapani, Sicily * Pago del Vallo di Lauro, a municipality in the Province of Avellino, Campania *San Lorenzo del Vallo, a municipality in the Province of Cosenza, Calabria ;Denmark *Vallø, a former municipality of Region Sjælland ;Norway *Vallø (Tønsberg), a village part of the municipality of Tønsberg, Vestfold county See also * Vallum (other) * Valo (other) V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val (other)
Val may refer to: Val-a Film * ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a Soviet assault rifle Music *''Val'', album by Val Doonican *VAL (band), Belarusian pop duo People * Val (given name), a unisex given name * Rafael Merry del Val (1865–1930), Spanish Catholic cardinal * Val (sculptor) (1967–2016), French sculptor * Val (footballer, born 1983), Lucivaldo Lázaro de Abreu, Brazilian football midfielder * Val (footballer, born 1997), Valdemir de Oliveira Soares, Brazilian football defensive midfielder Places * Val (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic * Val (Tábor District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic * Vál, a village in Hungary * Val, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Val, Italy, a ''frazione'' in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Vene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vola (other)
Vola may refer to: People * Vola Vale (1897–1970), American actress * François Vola (born 1953), French guitarist and composer * Louis Vola (1902–1990), French double-bassist * Vicki Vola (1916–1985), American actress Bands * Vola (band), a Danish/Swedish rock band * Vola and the Oriental Machine, a Japanese rock band Other uses * Voľa, a municipality in eastern Slovakia * Alfa Romeo Vola, a concept car See also * Valo (other) Valo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Elmer Valo (1921–1998), American baseball player *Jesse Valo (born 1984), Finnish kickboxer and musician, former member of Iconcrash *Ville Valo (born 1976), Finnish musician Other *'' ... * Volo (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volo (other)
Volo can refer to: Places *Volo, Illinois, a village in the United States ** Volo Auto Museum *Volos, Greek city * Çatalada (Volo) Music * Volo (duo), French duo made up of Frédéric and Olivier Volovitch * Il Volo, Italian operatic pop trio *Volo, an album by the Italian progressive rock band Goblin Others * Volo (Company), a British retail technology business. *, a merchant vessel launched in 1938 and sunk in 1941 * ''Volo'' (barque), a merchant vessel built in the 1880s and wrecked in 1886 *Volothamp Geddarm, a fictional historian and travel writer from the world of ''Forgotten Realms'' created by Ed Greenwood *Volo, a character from '' Pokémon Legends: Arceus''. *bocce volo, a boules game, a variation on the game of bocce See also * Valo (other) * Vola (other) Vola may refer to: People * Vola Vale (1897–1970), American actress * François Vola (born 1953), French guitarist and composer * Louis Vola (1902–1990), French double-bassist * Vicki Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide 500
The Adelaide 500 (also known as the VALO Adelaide 500 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 to 2020 and again from 2022. It is sometimes known by its previous sponsored name of the Clipsal 500. The event uses a shortened form of the Adelaide Street Circuit, the former Australian Grand Prix track. It generally took place in February and March, contributing to what locals term "mad March", along with the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, WOMADelaide and Adelaide Writers' Week. In October 2020, it was announced the South Australian Tourism Commission would withdraw support for the event, putting the event on hiatus. It returned from the 2022 season as the season finale in late November or early December. Format The event is held over a four-day weekend, from Thursday to Sunday. A thirty-minute practice session is held on Thursday, then another thirty-minute practice se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
