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Compo (other)
Compo may refer to: * Compo Simmonite, a character from the British TV series ''Last of the Summer Wine'', played by Bill Owen * Demoscene compo, a competition involving multimedia "demo" programs * Short for composition ornament, a mouldable resin worked either by hand or more usually pressed into moulds to produce decorative work * Slang word for British Army field rations * Slang word for financial compensation * Compo Company Compo Company Ltd. was Canada's first independent record company. The Compo Company was founded in 1918 in Lachine, Quebec, by Herbert Berliner, an executive of Berliner Gramophone of Canada and the oldest son of disc record inventor Emile Berl ..., a former record company in Canada which evolved into Universal Music Canada * Compo, Connecticut, a residential and beach area of Westport, Connecticut ** The Compo–Owenoke Historic District * ''Compo'' (film), a 1989 Australian film * Charles Compo, American composer and musician {{disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compo Simmonite
William Simmonite, better known by his nickname of Compo (from unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, as in the phrase "he's on the compo", according to series writer Roy Clarke), was a character in the world's longest-running sitcom, ''Last of the Summer Wine''. Fictional character biography Early life Compo was born in 1919 into a poor, lower-class family in Holmfirth. He claims that his mother, a rag-and-bone man, rag-and-bone woman, said that immediately after he was born the sun began to shine and that a swallow began to sing. Mentions of his father suggest Compo was born illegitimate from a brief liaison; Foggy stated of Compo's father that "he was away before you got a good look at him... in fact, he was away before your mother got a good look at him". Having once rigged Compo up to look like a kamikaze pilot, and impressed with the likeness, Clegg jokingly suggests Compo's father to have been Japanese, to which Compo replies "Japanese? With a name like Withens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demoscene Compo
The demoscene () is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual art, and musical skills. Demos and other demoscene productions (graphics, music, videos, games) are shared, voted on and released online at festivals known as demoparties. The scene started with the home computer revolution of the early 1980s, and the subsequent advent of software cracking. Crackers altered the code of computer games to remove copy protection, claiming credit by adding introduction screens of their own (" cracktros"). They soon started competing for the best visual presentation of these additions. Through the making of intros and stand-alone demos, a new community eventually evolved, independent of the gaming and software sharing scenes. Demos are informally classified into several categories, mainly of size-restri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composition Ornament
Composition ornament ("compo") is a mouldable thermoplastic compound, consisting of powdered chalk mixed with collagen (hide glue), resin (pine rosin) and linseed oil; worked either by hand or more usually pressed into moulds to produce decorative work. It's now most commonly seen as part of gilded picture frames, but was in use for many smaller decorative mouldings from the later part of the Baroque period. Compo recipes A basic compo recipe can have many variations. Some understanding of what each ingredient is doing helps when adjusting the basic recipe, starting with the four essential ingredients: * Whiting gives body. * Pearl glue acts as a binder. * Linseed oil makes the mixture soft. * Rosin makes the mixture elastic. With optional ingredients, including: * Venice turpentine prevents cracking. * Glycerine tempers the glue. * Zinc oxide Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the Chemical formula, formula . It is a white powder which is insoluble in water. ZnO is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Ration
A field ration is a type of prepackaged military ration designed to be easily and quickly prepared and consumed in the field, in combat, at the front line, or where eating facilities are otherwise unavailable. Field rations are primarily used by military forces, though they are also sometimes distributed to civilians as part of humanitarian aid and emergency management. They differ from garrison rations and field kitchen provisions, which are intended for where proper meals can be supplied and prepared with relative ease and safety, such as in the rear where logistics are steady and fresh food can be supplied. They are similar to, but distinct from, other purpose-designed long-lasting types of food or rations such as emergency rations, humanitarian daily rations, and camping food. Names used for field rations vary by military and type, and include combat ration, ration pack, battle ration, iron ration, food packet, operational ration pack, or meal ready-to-eat (MRE); the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Financial Compensation
Financial compensation refers to the act of providing a person with money or other things of economic value in exchange for their goods, labor, or to provide for the costs of injuries that they have incurred. The aim of financial compensation is the preservation of relationships between those engaged in economic exchange. Kinds of financial compensation include: * Damages, legal term for the financial compensation recoverable by reason of another's breach of duty * Nationalization compensation, compensation paid in the event of nationalization of property * Payment * Remuneration ** Deferred compensation ** Executive compensation ** Royalties ** Salary ** Wage ** Employee benefits * Workers' compensation, to protect employees who have incurred work-related injuries Financial compensation is often provided after service delivery failure in order to regain customer trust. An associated response is to offer an apology that communicates the transgressor feels remor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compo Company
Compo Company Ltd. was Canada's first independent record company. The Compo Company was founded in 1918 in Lachine, Quebec, by Herbert Berliner, an executive of Berliner Gramophone of Canada and the oldest son of disc record inventor Emile Berliner. Compo was created to serve the several American independent record companies which wanted to distribute records in Canada, such as Okeh Records. Its initial business was pressing records in Canada for these companies. Herbert Berliner broke with Berliner Gramophone in 1921, taking several senior Berliner Gramophone executives with him. This allowed Compo to immediately expand into a full-fledged record company by establishing the Sun and Apex record labels, among others. Apex was the longest lasting of the Compo labels, lasting into the 1970s. Compo was one of only two Canadian record companies to survive the Great Depression. RCA Victor Records of Canada—formerly Berliner Gramophone—was the other (it is currently the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compo, Connecticut
Compo is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the south-central part of the town, lying between the Saugatuck River and the neighborhood of Saugatuck to the west, and Compo Cove, Sherwood Millpond, and the neighborhood of Greens Farms to the east. The CDP extends south to Compo Beach on Long Island Sound and north to U.S. Route 1 (Post Road). Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the ... crosses the middle of the CDP from east to west, with access from either Saugatuck or Greens Farms. Compo was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The Compo–Owenoke Historic District is in the southern part of the CDP. References Census-designated places in Fairfield County, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compo–Owenoke Historic District
The Compo–Owenoke Historic District encompasses an early 20th-century summer resort beach community in Westport, Connecticut. Developed between 1910 and 1940, the Compo Beach area contains one of the largest assemblages of period resort architecture in Westport, and one of the best such collections in the region. The district, covering south of Compo Road South, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Description and history Compo and Owenoke occupy the southern portion of a peninsula extending into Long Island Sound south of downtown Westport. It is bounded on the east by Compo Cove, and the west by Gray's Creek. The historic district covers most of the area south of Compo Road South, excluding mainly buildings constructed or significantly altered after 1940. The Compo area is located north of Compo Beach, and has a somewhat grid-like road layout with mostly small lot sizes. The Owenoke Point peninsula projects westward from Compo; part of it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compo (film)
''Compo'' is a 1989 low budget Australian film.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193 Buesst made it while running the St Kilda Film Festival. Premise A man goes to work for the state compensation office. Cast * Jeremy Stanford as Paul Harper * Bruce Kerr as David Bartlett * Christopher Barry as Carlo Garbanzo * Elisabeth Crockett as Gina * Cliff Neate as Dale Bradley * Leo Regan as Eddie * Peter Hosking Reception The ''Tribune'' said the film "was mostly funny, but a little too long. Although it's a parody of the worst aspects of the public service, the portrayal of people with injuries as leeches on society did get a little annoying. Nonetheless, for a small budget, home-grown movie Nigel Buesst has done very well." ''The Age'' said it "had a smattering of excellent on liners but is a narrative and satirical shambles and is further sullied by some dreadful miscasting." References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
