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Wrecking Amendment
Wrecker, The Wrecker or Wrecking may refer to: * Tow truck, the most common form of recovery vehicle * Wrecking, a synonym for demolition * A person who participates in sabotage * Wrecking (Soviet Union), a crime of industrial or economic sabotage * Wrecking (shipwreck), hauling away valuables from a shipwreck * Crane (rail) Film and television * Wrecker (film), ''Wrecker'' (film), a 2015 film * The Wrecker (1929 film), ''The Wrecker'' (1929 film), based on Ridley's play * The Wrecker (1933 film), ''The Wrecker'' (1933 film) * The Wrecker (upcoming film), ''The Wrecker'' (upcoming film) * "Wrecker", a clone trooper in the ''Star Wars'' series * Wreckers (film), ''Wreckers'' (film), a 2011 film * Wreckers (Transformers), a sub-team of Autobots in the fictional Transformers Universe * ''Thee Wreckers'', characters in Thee Wreckers Tetralogy by artist filmmaker ''Rosto'' Literature * Wrecker (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain * The Wrecker (Cussler novel), ''The Wrecker'' (Cuss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tow Truck
A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, Vehicle impoundment, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recovering a vehicle damaged in an accident, returning one to a drivable surface in a mishap or inclement weather, or towing or transporting one via flatbed to a automobile repair shop, repair shop or other location. A tow truck is distinct from a car carrier trailer, which is used to move multiple new or used vehicles simultaneously in routine transport operations. History Ferdinand Porsche of Austro-Daimler developed an artillery tractor for the Austro-Hungarian army in 1908, the Austro-Daimler artillery tractors#M 08, M 08. One of the batch was constructed as a recovery vehicle for the others, with a large winch on the rear platform. The wrecker (with lifting jib) was invented in 1916 by Ernest Holmes Sr. of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a garage w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Cussler
Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or main author of more than 80 books. He often placed himself into his books as himself. His novels have inspired various other works of fiction. Early life Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois, the son of Eric Edward Cussler and Amy Adeline (née Hunnewell), and grew up in Alhambra, California. His father was from Germany and his mother's ancestors were from England. In his memoir '' The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks'', Cussler revealed that his father served in the Imperial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Dunlap
Sarah Dunlap (born June 26, 1980) is an American bodybuilder. In 2007, she won the Jan Tana Classic in the lightweight and overall categories and was placed ninth at the Ms. Olympia competition. She is a personal trainer and sells fitness equipment for G&G Fitness Equipment in Buffalo, NY. Contest history *2007 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 9th *2007 IFBB Jan Tana Classic – 1st *2006 IFBB Europa Super Show – 13th *2005 IFBB Charlotte Pro – 3rd *2005 IFBB New York Pro – 4th *2002 NPC Junior National Championships - 1st *2002 NPC National Championships - 1st *2002 Ms. Pittsburgh Heavyweight 1st Place and Overall winner *2001 NPC Pittsburgh Championships - (Middleweight) - 1st References 1980 births American female bodybuilders Living people American professional bodybuilders 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-bodybuilding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clockwork Angels
''Clockwork Angels'' is the nineteenth and final studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on June 8, 2012, on Roadrunner Records. During the band's year-and-a-half break following its Snakes & Arrows Tour, the group decided to write a new studio album. Most of the album was recorded between October and December 2011 at Revolution Recording in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Two songs that would eventually appear on the album, " Caravan" and "BU2B", were recorded in April 2010, and had been released to radio stations and made available as a digital download on June 1, 2010. Following the release of the two songs, the band embarked on the Time Machine Tour, with "Caravan" and "BU2B" included in the set list. ''Clockwork Angels'' was completed following this tour. The album's second single, " Headlong Flight", was released April 19, 2012. The album's third single, "The Wreckers", was released July 25, 2012. On February 20, 2013, "The Anarchist" was released as the fourth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wreckers (opera)
''Les naufrageurs'' is a French-language opera in three acts composed by Dame Ethel Smyth to a libretto by Henry Brewster, telling of the plundering of ships by Cornish villagers. Completed in 1904, it was premiered in 1906 in Leipzig in a German translation, with cuts, before being championed by Sir Thomas Beecham and given performances in 1909 in London, now in an English translation as ''The Wreckers'' prepared by the composer herself. ''Les naufrageurs'' was not performed in the language for which its music was composed until 2022, at Glyndebourne and in Berlin. Background Tales of Cornish villagers who on stormy nights lured passing sailing ships onto their rugged coast were commonplace in the nineteenth century. The cargoes they plundered were regarded as legitimate reward for the hardships endured in this isolated and barren part of England. Therefore, when looking for a suitable theme for her third opera, it is little wonder that Smyth's thoughts should turn to this d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wreckers
The Wreckers were an American country music duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. In 2006, the duo released its debut album '' Stand Still, Look Pretty'', which produced a number one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs in its lead-off single " Leave the Pieces". The album accounted for a top 10 hit on the same chart in " My, Oh My" as well. After its release, both Branch and Harp returned to being solo singers. Harp has since had top 40 country success of her own with the single " Boy Like Me". Music career Career success: ''Stand Still, Look Pretty'' In 2005, Michelle Branch recruited her longtime friend and backing vocalist Jessica Harp on a new musical venture, incorporating elements from both Branch's pop-rock style and Harp's country style to form the Wreckers, a shortened form of "the Cass County Homewreckers," a band name idea from Branch's then husband, Teddy Landau. They were so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Th1rt3en (Megadeth Album)
''Thirteen'' (stylized as ''Th1rt3en'') is the thirteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was first released in Japan on October 27, 2011, and worldwide on November 1, 2011. It is the first Megadeth studio album since '' The World Needs a Hero'' (2001) to feature bassist and founding member David Ellefson, who returned to the band in 2010. ''Thirteen'' debuted at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 42,000 copies in its first week. The album broke into the top 20 in several other markets as well. It has sold about 120,000 copies in the United States as of December 2012. The album has received positive reviews from critics. The album followed the successful '' Endgame'', released two years previously, and was recorded in late spring 2011. In addition to new material that was written for the album, the band decided to rework and release several older songs, some of which had previously seen release as demos or bonus tracks. Additionally, sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mono Men
The Mono Men were an American garage punk band, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their sound contained elements of grunge (distortion-heavy guitars, sneering vocals), but the Mono Men filtered these through a mimicry of 1960s Washington proto-punk, garage rock bands such as The Sonics. History The group was formed by members of another Washington band, the Roofdogs. John Mortensen came from the Dehumanizers and Game for Vultures before joining the Mono Men. The band came together in late 1987. They played shows in Europe, Mexico, Japan, Canada, and the United States. They were featured in the Northwest Rock & Roll documentary '' Hype!''.Anderson, Kyle. Accidental Revolution: The Story of Grunge'. United States, St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007. 109. Their albums all received generally positive reviews. The band split in 1998, though in 2006, the Mono Men reunited to play a series of concerts called the "Spanish Attack." The band reunited in 2013 to play shows in Bellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen (; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for middle grade readers. Two of his novels have been made into feature films, and one has been made into a TV series. Hiaasen's adult novels are humorous crime thrillers set in Florida. They feature casts of eccentric, sometimes grotesque characters and satirize aspects of American popular culture. Many of the novels include themes related to environmentalism and political corruption in his native state. Early life and education The first of four children born to Odel and Patricia Hiaasen, Hiaasen was born in 1953 of Norwegian and Irish ancestry. Raised in Plantation, Florida, then a rural suburb of Fort Lauderdale, he started writing at age six when his father gave him a typewriter for Christmas. After graduating from Plantation High School in 1970, he entered Emory U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrecker (Hiaasen Novel)
Wrecker, The Wrecker or Wrecking may refer to: * Tow truck, the most common form of recovery vehicle * Wrecking, a synonym for demolition * A person who participates in sabotage * Wrecking (Soviet Union), a crime of industrial or economic sabotage * Wrecking (shipwreck), hauling away valuables from a shipwreck * Crane (rail) Film and television * ''Wrecker'' (film), a 2015 film * ''The Wrecker'' (1929 film), based on Ridley's play * ''The Wrecker'' (1933 film) * ''The Wrecker'' (upcoming film) * "Wrecker", a clone trooper in the ''Star Wars'' series * ''Wreckers'' (film), a 2011 film * Wreckers (Transformers), a sub-team of Autobots in the fictional Transformers Universe * ''Thee Wreckers'', characters in Thee Wreckers Tetralogy by artist filmmaker '' Rosto'' Literature * Wrecker (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain * ''The Wrecker'' (Cussler novel), a 2009 novel by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott * ''The Wrecker'' (Stevenson novel), an 1892 novel by Robert Louis Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Investigators
The Three Investigators is an American juvenile detective book series first published as "''Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators''". It was created by Robert Arthur Jr., who believed involving a famous person such as movie director Alfred Hitchcock would attract attention. Random House is the U.S. publisher and still has some of the rights to the books. Other rights are possessed by the heirs of Robert Arthur, Jr. and the German publisher Kosmos. The characters known as the "Three Investigators" are three boys named Jupiter Jones, Peter Crenshaw and Bob Andrews. As the series has become very popular in Germany, several stories have been produced directly for the German market. Most of the novels cover some sort of mysterious events that seem to be supernatural at first (e.g. an ancient Egyptian mummy that appears to be whispering) but are ultimately explained scientifically. Original editions The original series was published from 1964 to 1987 and comprised 43 finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arden
Michael Collins is the best-known pseudonym of Dennis Lynds (January 15, 1924 – August 19, 2005), an American author who primarily wrote mystery fiction. Over four decades Lynds published some 80 novels and 200 short stories, in both mystery and literary themes. He was a recipient of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Private Eye Writers of America and the Marlowe Lifetime Achievement Award from MWA, Southern California Chapter. Early life Lynds was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the only child of actors who were touring at the time. He grew up in New York City and fought in Europe during World War II, earning a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He studied chemistry (Bachelor's degree in 1949) and journalism (Master's degree in 1951). After working as a magazine editor in New York, he moved to California in 1965 to write full-time. Married to thriller author Gayle Lynds, he lived in California until his death. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
