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Valance
A Valance is a decorative apron used to conceal mechanical or structural framework for aesthetic purposes. Valance may refer to: Furnishings * Window valance, used above a window to conceal hardware or other window treatments * Bed skirt, a piece of decorative fabric between the mattress and the box spring of a bed * An apron or skirt for a Countertop or Trunk Vehicles * Smoke deflectors on a steam locomotive * Skirt installed on an automotive bumper People * Valance Nambishi (born 1997), Zambian footballer * Valance Connell (born 1944), Barbadian cricketer * Glen Sabre Valance (1943–1964), Australian murderer * Holly Valance (born 1983), Australian actress and singer * Olympia Valance (born 1993), Australian actress and model * Peter Valance (born 1980), German illusionist * Ricky Valance (1936–2020), Welsh singer See also * Valence (other) * Vallance Vallance is a surname, and may refer to: * Elizabeth Vallance (1945–2020), British philosopher, magis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Valance
Holly Rachel Candy (; born 11 May 1983), known professionally as Holly Valance, is an Australian and British actress, singer, model, and a right-wing political activist. Valance became well known for her role as Felicity Scully on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' (1999–2002) and later played Nika Volek in ''Prison Break'' (2005–2006). Her film roles include '' DOA: Dead or Alive'' (2006), '' National Lampoon's Pledge This!'' (2006), '' Taken'' (2008), and '' Kambakkht Ishq'' (2009). Her first album, '' Footprints'' (2002), provided three top three singles: "Kiss Kiss", " Down Boy" and " Naughty Girl". The title song of her second and final album, '' State of Mind'' (2003), was also a UK top ten single. She has become involved in UK and US politics as a prominent supporter and fundraiser for Nigel Farage and Donald Trump. Early life Holly Valance was born on 11 May 1983, as Holly Rachel Vukadinović, in Fitzroy, Victoria, to a father from Montenegro, Rajko Vuka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Valance
Olympia Montana Valance (born 7 January 1993) is an Australian actress and model, whose roles include Paige Smith in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' (2014–2018, 2020, 2022) and Tahlia Woods in '' Playing for Keeps''. For her role as Paige, Valance received a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent. Early life Olympia Valance was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 7 January 1993 to Rajko Vukadinović, a model and musician, and Tania Gogos. Valance's father is Serbian from Montenegro and her mother is Australian of Greek descent, the daughter of journalist Dimitri Gogos. Her step-father is Australian musician Ross Wilson. Valance has seven half-siblings; Her older half-sister Holly Valance, with whom she shares Vukadinović as a father, is also a singer and an actress. Valance attended Shelford Girls' Grammar School and studied at the Melbourne Actor's Lab. Career In March 2014, it was announced that Valance would make her acting debut in the long-running soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Valance
David Spencer (10 April 193612 June 2020), known professionally as Ricky Valance, was a Welsh pop singer. He was best known for the UK number one single " Tell Laura I Love Her", which sold more than a million copies in 1960. He was the first male Welsh singer to have a UK number one single hit. Early life Born as David Spencer in Ynysddu, Monmouthshire, Wales, the eldest of seven children, he sang in his church choir and worked in a coal mine and a factory before joining the RAF at the age of 17. "First Person: Ricky Valance", ''South Wales Argus'', 19 December 2012 retrieved 12 June 2020. Music career He started his musical career after leaving the armed forces. He performed in local < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Sabre Valance
Glen Sabre Valance (born Graham Paul Fraser; 11 February 1943 – 24 November 1964) was an Australian murderer. He was the last man executed in South Australia, and the second-to-last man to be executed anywhere in Australia. In 1964, he was hanged in Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his boss, Richard Strang. Early life Born Graham Paul Fraser, he changed his name as a teenager to Glen Sabre Valance after Liberty Valance, the title character of a 1962 western film. According to Valance's stepsister, Lillian Clavell, he suffered physical and sexual abuse from his mother and boys' homes and orphanages. Their mother left Valance to be taken care of by their grandmother when he was a child, but took him back when the older woman died six years later. According to Clavell, Valance's mother burned his hands on the stove and pushed his face through a glass window. On one occasion, she held a knife to his throat and threatened to kill him if he ever stole anything from the cupboard aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valance Connell
A Valance is a decorative apron used to conceal mechanical or structural framework for aesthetic purposes. Valance may refer to: Furnishings * Window valance, used above a window to conceal hardware or other window treatments * Bed skirt, a piece of decorative fabric between the mattress and the box spring of a bed * An apron or skirt for a Countertop or Trunk Vehicles * Smoke deflectors on a steam locomotive * Skirt installed on an automotive bumper People * Valance Nambishi (born 1997), Zambian footballer * Valance Connell (born 1944), Barbadian cricketer * Glen Sabre Valance (1943–1964), Australian murderer * Holly Valance (born 1983), Australian actress and singer * Olympia Valance (born 1993), Australian actress and model * Peter Valance (born 1980), German illusionist * Ricky Valance (1936–2020), Welsh singer See also * Valence (other) * Vallance Vallance is a surname, and may refer to: * Elizabeth Vallance (1945–2020), British philosopher, magistrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Window Valance
A window valance (or pelmet in the UK) is a form of window treatment that covers the uppermost part of the window and can be hung alone or paired with other window blinds, or curtains. Valances are a popular decorative choice in concealing drapery hardware. Window valances were popular in Victorian interior design. In draping or bunting form they are commonly referred to as ''swag''. Types Window valances are also called window top treatments. The earliest recorded history of interior design is rooted in the renaissance Era, a time of great change and rebirth in the world of art and architecture, and much of this time saw understated, simple treatments, eventually moving towards more elaborate fabrics of multiple layers of treatments, including, towards the end of this period, valances, swags, jabots, and pelmets. By the Baroque and early Georgian period (1643-1730), elaborate and theatrical treatments placed high emphasis on the cornice and pelmet as a way to finish off the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bed Skirt
A bed skirt, sometimes spelled bedskirt, a bed ruffle, a dust ruffle in North America, a valance, or a valance sheet in the British Isles, is a piece of decorative fabric that is placed between the mattress and the box spring of a bed that extends to the floor around the sides. In addition to its aesthetics, a bed skirt is used to hide the ensemble fabric, wheels and other unsightly objects underneath the bed, or as protection against dust. Popularized in the Edwardian era, early 20th century, though dating back to the late 18th century in their earliest usage, valances were strictly utilitarian up until the 1930s and 1940s, when many women began to lavishly Interior design, decorate their bedrooms. For about a century, bed skirts have been considered as intrinsic pieces of bedding and as crucial as the bedding, bedcover itself. Bed skirts generally measure between and in their drop. History Although bed skirts became more generally used from the early 1900s, artworks of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Valance
Peter Valance (born June 4, 1980 in Riedlingen) is a German illusionist. Career He was the youngest winner of all times of the Merlin Award. This award, which is the highest honor in the international magic community, was also given to David Copperfield, Siegfried & Roy and Criss Angel Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (; born December 19, 1967), known professionally as Criss Angel, is an American magician, Magic (illusion), illusionist and musician. He is often referred to as one of the world's most successful illusionists, g .... When he was only 15 years old he joined the ''Magic Circle'', at 19 he became Germany’s youngest professional magician. Today, he produces and performs in the most elaborate illusion shows in Europe. Valance produces up to 700 shows per year for cruise ships, casinos, theme parks, TV-productions and company events. In the last 5 years, more than 3 million people attended his shows. In December 2012 he was part of the German TV-Show "Einfach M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valance Nambishi
Valance Nambishi (born 30 November 1997) is a Zambian professional footballer. Career Nambishi was born in Lusaka, Zambia, but is of Congolese background. He came with his mother to Denmark, an grew up in Hammel. He began playing football at Åstrup/Hammelev Fodbold before moving to the youth academy of Silkeborg IF. On 15 January 2021 it was confirmed, that Nambishi would join FC Fredericia on 1 July 2021, when his contract with Silkeborg expired. He left the club at the end of the 2022–23 season. ddig.dk, 15 July 2023 Honours Silkeborg *Danish 1st Division
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Valence (other)
Valence or valency may refer to: Science *Valence (chemistry), a measure of an element's combining power with other atoms *Valence electron, electrons in the outer shell of an atom's energy levels *Valence quarks, those quarks within a hadron that determine the hadron's quantum numbers *Degree (graph theory), also called the valency of a vertex in graph theory *Valency (linguistics), aspect of verbs relative to other parts of speech *Valence (psychology) or hedonic tone, the (emotional) value associated with an event, object or situation Places France * Valence, Charente, a commune in the Charente department * Valence, Drôme, Drôme, a commune and prefecture of the Drôme department ** University of Valence, a medieval university * Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne, a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department * Canton of Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne department * Arrondissement of Valence, Drôme department * Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence * Valence-d'Albigeois, in the Tarn department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apron (other)
An apron is a functional accessory that has been worn for thousands of years as a protective, fashionable, and/or ceremonial top layer. Apron may also refer to: Architecture and construction * Apron (architecture), a raised section of ornamental stonework below a window ledge, stone tablet, or monument * Apron, an area of pavement on a motorsport circuit that separates the racing surface from the infield * Apron, the flexible lower container of the air cushion of a hovercraft, also known as its skirt * Apron, a ramp used to connect shoreside facilities with a barge or ferry, also known as a linkspan * Airport apron, an area where aircraft are parked and serviced * Apron stage, a part of a stage that extends past the proscenium arch and into the audience or seating area * Apron, a large plastic panel at the bottom of a pinball table that directs the ball towards the drain. * Apron, the lateral skirting positioned beneath a tabletop, countertop or seat Biology * Apron, elongated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countertop
A countertop, also counter top, counter, benchtop, worktop (British English) or kitchen bench (Australian or New Zealand English), bunker (Scottish English) is a raised, firm, flat, and horizontal surface. They are built for work in kitchens or other food preparation areas, bathrooms or lavatories, and workrooms in general. The surface is frequently installed upon and supported by cabinets, positioned at an ergonomic height for the user and the particular task for which it is designed. A countertop may be constructed of various materials with different attributes of functionality, durability and aesthetics, and may have built-in appliances, or accessory items relative to the intended application. In Australian and British English, the term ''counter'' is generally reserved for a surface of this type that forms a boundary between a space for public access and a space for workers to carry out service tasks. In other contexts, the term ''bench'', ''benchtop'', or "sink table" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
