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Volante Zagato
Volante (meaning "flying" and "steering wheel" in several languages) may refer to: * Volante (carriage), two-wheeled carriage * Volante, a racehorse, the 1885 American Derby winner * ''The Volante'', newspaper of the University of South Dakota, United States, since 1887 * The midfielder position in association football (''Volante'' means defensive midfielder in Brazilian language but midfielder elsewhere in Latin America) * Former Brazilian soldiers combatting cangaceiros * Reparto volanti or ''Squadra volante'', "flying squad" of the Italian State Police People with the name Volante * Carlos Volante (born 1905), Argentinian footballer See also * * Aston Martin Volante, type of car * The Volante Handicap, American horse race established 1969 * Disco Volante (other) * Papel volante, Portuguese popular literature * Squadrone Volante The Squadrone Volante (''"Flying Squad"'') was a 17th-century group of independent and liberal cardinals within the College of Cardinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volante (carriage)
A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are by leather strapping and, on those made in recent centuries, steel springs. Two-wheeled carriages are informal and usually owner-driven. Coaches are a special category within carriages. They are carriages with four corner posts and a fixed roof. Two-wheeled war chariots and transport vehicles such as four-wheeled wagons and two-wheeled carts were forerunners of carriages. In the twenty-first century, horse-drawn carriages are occasionally used for public parades by royalty and for traditional formal ceremonies. Simplified modern versions are made for tourist transport in warm countries and for those cities where tourists expect open horse-drawn carriages to be provided. Simple metal sporting versions are still made for the sport known as competitive driving. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Derby
The American Derby is a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States run annually at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The inaugural American Derby was held at Chicago's old Washington Park Race Track on the city's South Side and raced there until 1905, when the facility was closed following the state's ban on gambling and horse racing and the track was demolished. 1893's American Derby was the 2nd richest race in the U.S. during the 19th century.Reiss, Steven A., ''Horse Racing'', Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 ''The Encyclopedia of Chicago'', pp. 390-1. The University of Chicago Press, There was no racing in Chicago in 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, and again in 1905 and 1906. The effect would be that the American Derby was not run from 1905 through 1925, except for 1916 when it was hosted by the Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Illinois. Revived in 1926, it evolved to become one of the important events of the American racing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Volante
The University of South Dakota (USD) is a Public university, public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is the flagship university for the state of South Dakota and the state's oldest public university. It occupies a campus located in southeastern South Dakota, approximately southwest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sioux Falls, northwest of Sioux City, Iowa, and north of the Missouri River. The university is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. It is also home to the National Music Museum, with over 15,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its president is Sheila Gestring. The university has been accredited by the North Central Association of College and Schools since 1913. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on what formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have equal responsibilities between attack and defence. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cangaço
''Cangaço'' () was a phenomenon of Northeast Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This region of Brazil is known for its aridness and hard way of life, and in a form of "social banditry" against the government, many men and women decided to become nomadic bandits, roaming the hinterlands seeking money, food, and revenge. Origin of the word By 1834, the term ''cangaceiro'' was already used to refer to bands of poor peasants who inhabited the northeastern deserts, wearing leather clothing and hats, carrying carbines, revolvers, shotguns, and the long narrow knife known as the . "Cangaceiro" was a pejorative expression, meaning a person who could not adapt himself to the coastal lifestyle. Types of banditry By the mid 19th century in that region, there were two main groups of loosely organized armed outlaws: the '' jagunços'', mercenaries who worked for whoever paid their price, usually land-owners who wanted to protect or expand their territorial limits and also de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reparto Volanti
The Reparto volanti ("Mobile Division"), that dispatch the various Squadre Volanti (mobile squads or flying squad (lit.)), is a section of the ''Ufficio Prevenzione Generale e Soccorso Pubblico'' (Office of General Prevention and Public Aid) of the Italian State Police. Headed by a high ranking member of the State Police, they are present in every "Questura", the provincial office of the Public Safety Department, which is the ministerial branch Italian State Police belongs to. The same service is also performed by personnel of Police Precincts, whose first-response vehicles work alongside and under the same provincial dispatch office that resides in the Questura, making them all identical. All patrol vehicles used by this Division are specifically equipped for this kind of response, including reinforcing plates in the bodywork, especially in the doors, bulletproof and shatterproof windows and the iconic prisoner transport partition behind the first row of seats. Police precinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Volante
Carlos Martín Volante (November 11, 1905 – October 9, 1987) was an Argentine football defensive midfielder, who played in Argentine, Brazilian, French and Italian clubs. Career Volante begun his youth career at small clubs in Lanús. In 1923, he signed Club Atlético Lanús, where he started his senior career on the following year. He would still serve in the military and then have a brief stint at Club Atlético General San Martín before joining Platense. In 1929 he transferred to San Lorenzo, with which he reached the semifinals of the local league. Between 1930 and 1931, Volante was loaned for free to Vélez Sársfield to play in the team's Pan-American tour. Thereafter, he played four games in Excursionistas Two years later he signed a deal with Napoli. He also played for Livorno and Torino in Italy, where he would stay until 1934 when he moved to French football. Once there, Volante took part in the historical Rennes 1934-35 squad and also played for Olympique Lill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aston Martin Volante
Volante is the name given to convertible versions of various Aston Martin automobile models from 1965 onwards. They include: * Aston Martin Short Chassis Volante, Short Chassis Volante (1965–1966) * Aston Martin DB6, Volante (DB6-based) (1966–1971) * Aston Martin V8, V8 Volante (1978–1989) * Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977), V8 Vantage Volante (1978–1990) * Aston Martin Virage, (Virage) V8 Volante (1992–1996) * Aston Martin DB7, DB7 Volante (1996–2004) * Aston Martin DB9, DB9 Volante (2004–2016) * Aston Martin DBS V12, DBS Volante (2009–2012) * Aston Martin Virage, Virage Volante (2011–2012) * Aston Martin Vanquish, Vanquish Volante (2013–2018) * Aston Martin DB11, DB11 Volante (2018–present) * Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, DBS Superleggera Volante (2019–present) {{Set index article, cars Aston Martin vehicles, Volante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volante Handicap
The Twilight Derby is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three years olds over the distance of one-and-one-eighth miles on the turf scheduled annually in October at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000. History The event was inaugurated on 18 October 1969 as the Volante Handicap at the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park and was won by the Mrs. Howard B. Keck's entry Tell who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker carrying the imposing weight of 130 pounds by of a length over Noholme Jr. in a time of 1:46. The event was named for Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's 1885 American Derby winner, Volante, who was ridden to victory by jockey Isaac Burns Murphy. Lucky Baldwin had built the original Santa Anita Racetrack Track in 1907 and Volante was buried at the track. When the grading of races began as a Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association project in 1973 the event was classifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco Volante (other)
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The term ''Disco Volante'' (Italian for ''flying disc'' or ''flying saucer'') may refer to; * ''Disco Volante'' (Mr. Bungle album), a 1995 album by the band Mr. Bungle * ''Disco Volante'' (Lisa album), a 2009 album by singer Lisa * ''Disco Volante'', a 2000 album by the band Cinerama * ''Disco Volante (ship)'', a ship in the Ian Fleming novel ''Thunderball'' * ''Il disco volante'', a 1964 Italian science fiction comedy See also * Alfa Romeo Disco Volante, a series of experimental sports racing cars * Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring The Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring is a two-seater coupé, built by Carrozzeria Touring in 2013. It is based on the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. The model name is derived from the Disco Volante of the 1950s. Equipped with a front-central eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papel Volante
Papel volante is a Portuguese name that designates a form of popular literature that may include popular prints. They date from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, and are usually in an eight-page quarto format. They were at their height in the eighteenth century. They are similar to the French literature of colportage, English chapbooks or to the Spanish ''pliegos'', ''papeles volantes'' or ''hojas volanderas''. They are also known as '' literatura de cordel'' (string literature), particularly in the northeast of Brazil. Two of the most famous authors of ''papéis volantes'' are Baltasar Dias (17th century) and José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa (31 October 1757–7 October 1832) was a Portuguese poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the c ... (18th century), who wrote misogynous texts. Baltasar Dias's ''Malícia das Mulheres'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
