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Pola
Pola or POLA may refer to: People * House of Pola, an Italian noble family * Pola Alonso (1923–2004), Argentine actress * Pola Brändle (born 1980), German artist and photographer * Pola Gauguin (1883–1961), Danish painter * Pola Gojawiczyńska (1896–1963), Polish writer * Pola Illéry (born 1908), Romanian actress * Pola Kinski (born 1952), German actress * Pola Negri (1897–1987), Polish actress * Pola Oloixarac, Argentine writer * Pola Raksa (born 1941), Polish actress and singer *Pola Susswein, Holocaust survivor and subject of '' Pola's March'', a 2001 documentary film * Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin (born 1959), British politician * Spike Pola (1914–2012), Australian rules footballer * Adrián Alonso Pereira (born 1988), Spanish futsal player commonly known as Pola Places * Pola (Buenos Aires Premetro), a railway station in Villa Lugano, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Pola, Italian name for Pula, the largest city in Istria, Croatia ** Pola (province), in the Kingdom of Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pola Negri
Pola Negri (; born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles. She was also acknowledged as a sex symbol of her time. Raised in the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Negri's childhood was marked by several personal hardships: After her father was sent to Siberia, she was raised by her single mother in poverty, and suffered tuberculosis as a teenager. Negri recovered, and went on to study ballet and acting in Warsaw, Poland, becoming a well-known stage actress there. In 1917, she relocated to Germany, where she began appearing in silent films for the Berlin-based UFA studio. Her film performances for UFA came to the attention of Hollywood executives at Paramount Pictures, who offered her a film contract. Negri signed with Paramount in 1922, making her the first European actress to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pola Gauguin
Pola Gauguin (6 December 1883 – 2 July 1961) was a Danish-Norwegian painter, art critic and biographer. Biography Paul Rollon Gauguin was born in Paris, France. He was the youngest of five children born to the famed French artist Paul Gauguin and his Danish wife Mette Sophie Gad (1850-1920). He was the brother of Émile Gauguin (1874–1955), Aline Gauguin (1877–1897), Clovis Gauguin (1879–1900), and Jean René Gauguin (1881–1961). In 1884, when he was one year old, his family moved to Denmark. The following year, his father returned to Paris. He grew up in Copenhagen where he was raised by his mother Mette and maternal grandparents. He had little interaction with his father and no direct contact after 1890. He entered the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (''Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole'') in 1905 and from 1906 to 1909 was assistant to the architects Hermann Baagøe Storck and Anton Rosen. He attended the art exhibitions at Kunstnernes Efteraarsudstilling in Copenh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Pola
The House of Pola (also Counts of Castropola, Sergi) is an Italian noble family currently living in the Czech Republic. The origins of the House of Pola date back at least until 990. The name of the family refers to the town of Pula (Italian: Pola) in Istria County, Croatia, which was in their possession from 1271 until 1331. History The family is mentioned for the first time in 990, when Sergio de Pola donated the property to the monastery of San Michele in Monte near Pula. However, the family refers to the Roman patrician gens Sergia gens, Sergia, which lived in Pula in the time of the Roman Empire. The family tree starts in 1180 with Bonifacio Sergi who became the collector of taxes in the March of Istria. His three sons founded two branches of the family in 13th century - the Istrian branch (Galvano) and a branch of Treviso (Nascinguerra I). The family got importance in 1265, when Monfiorito da Pola became the '' Vicarius'' of the counts of Gorzia in Istria. Year 1271 127 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pola, Oriental Mindoro
Pola, officially the Municipality of Pola (), is a municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,455 people. It is from Calapan. Pola is known as the birthplace of former vice president and veteran news anchor Noli de Castro, actor and current Oriental Mindoro vice governor Ejay Falcon, ABS CBN News Senior Reporter and anchor Dennis Datu and DZMM Broadcaster and field reporter Noel Alamar. Etymology Its name was derived from the color of the soil in the locality, which is reddish clay. In Tagalog, this is called "''pula''". This name persisted until the Spaniards arrived and embraced it as the name of the town. The Poblacion is located at the estuary of the Casiligan River, surrounded by abundant green mountain ranges and rocky hills to the west, Hence, the people are given a conducive refuge for agriculture, fishing, and nipa weaving. History Oil spill The town recently gained national attention because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pola (song)
"Pola" is a Polish language, Polish-language indie pop and indie rock, rock single (music), single performed by Muniek Staszczyk. The lyrics were written by Dawid Podsiadło, and the music was composed and produced by Bartosz Dziedzic. The song was released as a single on 3 June 2019 by Agora (company), Agora label company, and later appeared on the ''Syn miasta'' album which was released on 18 November 2019. The title "Pola" is an allegory to Poland and its political and social situation in the early 21st century. The song had reached first place on various charts in Poland and was awarded a Music recording certification, platinum certification. The music video of the song was written and directed by Katarzyna Sobczyk, with Agata Buzek performing the role of Pola. Charts Certifications References {{reflist 2019 songs 2019 singles Songs in Polish Protest songs Political songs Anti-fascist music Songs about Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pola (skipper)
''Pola'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion .... ReferencesNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Hesperiidae Hesperiidae genera {{Hesperiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pola (festival)
Pola is a thanksgiving festival celebrated by farmers in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, to acknowledge the importance of bulls and oxen, who are a crucial part of agriculture and farming activities. It falls on the day of the ''Pithori Amavasya'' (the new moon day) in the month of Shraavana (usually in August). During Pola, farmers don't work their bulls in the farmland and the day is a school holiday in the rural parts of Maharashtra. The festival is found among Marathas in central and eastern Maharashtra. A similar festival is observed by Farmers in other parts of India, and is called ''Mattu Pongal'' in south and ''Godhan'' in north and west India. In Telangana, a similar festival is celebrated on full moon day and is called ''Eruvaka Purnima'' Celebrations In preparation for the festival, bulls are washed and massaged with oils. They are decorated with shawls, bells, and flowers, their horns are coloured, and they get new reins and ropes. The decorated bulls and oxen are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DNA Polymerase I
DNA polymerase I (or Pol I) is an enzyme that participates in the process of prokaryotic DNA replication. Discovered by Arthur Kornberg in 1956, it was the first known DNA polymerase (and the first known of any kind of polymerase). It was initially characterized in '' E. coli'' and is ubiquitous in prokaryotes. In ''E. coli'' and many other bacteria, the gene In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ... that encodes Pol I is known as ''polA''. The ''E. coli'' Pol I enzyme is composed of 928 amino acids, and is an example of a processive enzyme — it can sequentially catalyze multiple polymerisation steps without releasing the single-stranded template. The physiological function of Pol I is mainly to support repair of damaged DNA, but it also contributes to connectin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pola Flotilla
The Pola flotilla (''U-Flottille Pola'') was an Imperial German Navy (IGN) formation set up to implement the U-boat campaign against Allied shipping in the Mediterranean during the First World War in support of Germany's ally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was formed in 1915 from the previously established ''U-Halbflottille Pola'' (''German U-Boat Half-Flotilla, Pola''). It operated mainly from an advanced base at Cattaro in the Adriatic, rather than from Pola. The flotilla was made up of U-boats dispatched from German home ports, which travelled via the Atlantic and the Strait of Gibraltar, and coastal-type UB- and UC-boats, which were moved in segments by rail to Pola and assembled there at the ''See-Arsenal'' of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (''kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine'': k.u.k.). The Pola Flotilla had a maximum strength of 33 U-boats. Due to the favourable conditions for commerce raiding in the Mediterranean, they caused a disproportionately large number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Cruiser Pola
''Pola'' was a heavy cruiser of the Italian ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy), named after the Italian city of Pola (now Pula, Croatia). She was built in the Odero Terni Orlando shipyard in Livorno in the early 1930s and entered service in 1932. She was the fourth and last ship in the class, which also included , , and . Compared to her sisters, ''Pola'' was built as a flagship with a larger conning tower to accommodate an admiral's staff. Like her sisters, she was armed with a battery of eight guns and was capable of a top speed of . ''Pola'' initially served as the flagship of the 2nd Squadron, and in 1940 she led the squadron during the battles of Calabria and Cape Spartivento, in July and November, respectively. During the latter engagement she briefly battled the British cruiser . ''Pola'' was thereafter reassigned to the 3rd Division, along with her three sister ships. The ship took part in the Battle of Cape Matapan in late March 1941. During the battle, she was disabled b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faller
Faller (stylised in all caps) is a German toy company founded in Stuttgart in 1946 by brothers Edwin and Hermann Faller. The company later relocated to the brothers' home town of Gütenbach in the Black Forest. Faller now specializes in making scenery, plastic model kits and other accessories for Rail transport modelling, model railroads but has manufactured a range of toys during its history, such as model airplane kits, the 'Auto Motor Sport' (AMS) slot car racing sets and die-cast model cars. Their modern product line includes railway structures, houses and commercial buildings, bridges, amusement rides and terrain accessories in H0 scale, H0, N scale, N, TT scale, TT and Z scale, Z scales, as well as the Faller Car System (FCS). Since 1997 Faller also owns the Pola brand, which is now solely devoted to G scale structures. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles is a seaport managed by the Los Angeles Harbor Department, a unit of the Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles. It occupies of land and water with of waterfront and adjoins the separate Port of Long Beach. Promoted as "America's Port", the port is located in San Pedro Bay (California), San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro, Los Angeles, San Pedro and Wilmington, Los Angeles, Wilmington neighborhoods of Los Angeles, approximately south of downtown. The port has 25 cargo terminals, 82 container cranes, 8 container terminals, and of on-dock rail. The port's top imports were furniture, automobile parts, apparel, footwear, and electronics. In 2019, the port's top exports were Waste paper, wastepaper, pet and animal feed, scrap metal and soybeans. In 2020, the port's top three trading partners were China (including Hong Kong), Japan, and Vietnam. In 2022, the port, together with the adjoining Port of Long Beach, were considered amongst the world's least efficient ports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
