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Valo Nihtilä
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Valo may refer to: Surname *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 Music *''Valo'', a 1996 album by Essi Wuorela *''Valo'', a 2000 album by Yö *''Valo'', a 2013 album by Sakari Kukko Other * 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) * Vala (other) Vala or VALA may refer to: Religion and mythology * Vala (Vedic), a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures * Völva, also spelled Vala, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism Fiction * Vala (Middle-earth), an angelic being ... [...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 the Federalsburg Athletics of the Eastern Shore League in 1939, and for Wilmington in the Interstate League in 1940. In August 1942, he was featured on the cover of the first issue of ''Baseball Digest''. His baseball career was interrupted by a term of service in the U.S. Army from 1943–1946. Valo was commissioned as a second lieutenant but d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iconcrash
Iconcrash is a Finnish Electronic rock/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 sound ... [...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 (Finnish 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 List of best-selling music artists in Finland, most successful Finnish bands of all time and the first to receive a Music recording certification, gold record in the United States. Outside of HIM, Valo has collaborated with various other bands and artists during his career, including Agents (Finnish band), 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. He is also the creator of the HIM (Finnish band)#Image, heartagram, HIM's trademarked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essi Wuorela
Essi Wuorela is a Finnish soprano. She is an original member of the ensemble Rajaton Rajaton is a Finnish a cappella ensemble, founded in Helsinki in 1997. The Finnish word ''rajaton'' means "boundless", to indicate the breadth of their repertoire, from sacred classical to near Europop. Rajaton performs primarily in Finland bu ..., founded in 1997 and began a solo career in 1994. She studied music at Sibelius High School and later Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory, graduating as a music teacher in 1999. Before her singing career Wuorela hosted the Finnish children's television programme ''Harlekiini-klubi'' as ''Super-Essi''. Discography * Mitä tarkoittaa rakas (1994) * Pala taivasta (1995) * Hellyys (1997) * Helsinki Haiku Song Pictures (2000) * Valo (2006) Collaborations * 1992: Samuli Edelmann album ''Yön Valot'' * 1995: CMX song ''Veden Ääri'' * 1996: Don Huonot song ''Kaunis Painajainen''. * 1997: Luunelonen song ''Tässä Olen Nyt'' * 2008: Open Eye Band son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakari Kukko
Jyrki Sakari Kukko, (born 8 July 1953, Kajaani, Finland) is a Finnish musician.Rantala, Risto (main ed.): Who's who: Personal data about the current generation of Finns 2007. Helsinki: Otava, 2006. ISBN 951-1-20606-0. p.445. Career Kukko started his career in the early 1960s as a singer participating in several singing contests and performing in radio stations, TV programs and other venues. At the age of 7, He began taking piano lessons. Soon after that he started to play also guitar and flute, and later saxophone. In the mid-1960s, He started forming bands. He constructed a school band, playing mainly rock and roll, but soon after that he formed a group of local dance bands. He embarked his career by playing with other musicians like Kajaani Big Band (1969–1972), Kisu & Uniset (1970–1971), Markku Suominen's Monopol (1970–1971), Tapiola Big Band (1972–1974), Oulunkylä Big Band (1972–1974), Maarit & Afrikan Tähti (1972–1973), Kalevala (1972–1973), SIMO Big Band ( ... [...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] |
Adelaide 500
The Adelaide 500, officially the BP Adelaide Grand Final, is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 and 2020 and again from 2022. The event uses a shortened form of the Adelaide Street Circuit, the former Australian Grand Prix track. The event is still colloquially known as the Clipsal 500 or simply "Clipsal" after its former longtime sponsor. With attendance at around 250,000 in 2023, the Adelaide 500 is the most attended Supercars Championship race. The event previously 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, but after a hiatus in 2021, it returned in 2022 as the season finale in late November or early December. Background The Adelaide Street Circuit was used for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix from 1985 to 1995. Supercars, then known as Group A (1985 to 19 ... [...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 (disambigu ... [...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 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 ship of the British Royal Navy * Team Val ... [...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. __notoc__ 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! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between September 1996 and March 2004, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The ...'' See also * Vallon (other) {{given name, Valon, nocat Masculine given names Alban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val (other)
Val may refer to: 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 municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Val (Tábor District), a municipality and village 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, Veneto, Italy * Val, Bhiwandi, a village in Maharashtra, India Other uses * ''Val'' (film), an American docu ... [...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 progressive metal 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) * Volo (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
