The Apollo was a United States-built sports car/personal automobile manufactured from 1962 to 1964 in Oakland, California.
Engineered by Milt Brown and designed by Ron Plescia, it featured Italian handmade aluminum bodywork with a choice between two-seater convertible or fastback styles. Power came from a 215 cu in (3.5 l) or 300 cu in (4.9 l) Buick engine to a 4-speed manual. The company, International Motor Cars, built 42 cars before suspending production while seeking new financing. IMC allowed the sale of body/chassis units to Vanguard Motors in Dallas, Texas to produce cars under the Vetta Ventura name and these were made until 1966 by Vanguard Inc of Dallas, Texas. This was a stop-gap measure to keep the carrozzeria (body producer) Intermeccanica in business until new backers were found.
Frank Reisner, a former chemical engineer born in Hungary, raised in Canada and educated in America, established a company that later produced the Apollo (and the Texas-built Vetta Ventura). Reisner, on holiday in Italy in 1959, decided that he loved Turin and set up shop there as Intermeccanica producing tuning kits for Renaults, Peugeots, and Simcas.
Apollo is a Greek and Roman god of music, healing, light, prophecy and enlightenment.
Apollo may also refer to:
The anime and manga series Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gasshu!! (金色のガッシュ!!?, lit. Golden Gash!!) for the manga and Konjiki no Gasshu Beru!! (金色のガッシュベル!!?, lit. Golden Gash Bell!!) for the anime, features an extensive cast created and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. The series takes place in Modern day Japan and follows a genius teenager named Kiyo Takamine and his Mamono (魔物?, lit. "demon", transliterated as Mamodo in the English adaption) Zatch Bell, a human-like being with supernatural powers.
After Raiku's "Newtown Heroes" series in the Shonen Sunday Super ended, Raiku looked at his old drafts he created in the past for an idea for his next series. One of his ideas was about a mercenary who used a giant sword to defeat enemies. After playing with that idea for three months, Raiku decided to abandon it and go with another idea. His next idea was a story where a middle school student, the prototype of Kiyo, finds an old toy that turns into a giant knight that combats evil. After taking this up with his agent, he was advised to use a cuter character to fight and thus, Zatch was created. After Raiku worked on the idea for a month, it was published. The reason Zatch uses lightning spells is because the "rai" in his name is the Japanese word for "lightning".
The Huma (Persian: هما, pronounced Homā, Avestan: Homāio), also Homa, is a mythical bird of Iranian legends and fables, and continuing as a common motif in Sufi and Diwan poetry. Although there are many legends of the creature, common to all is that the bird is said to never alight on the ground, and instead to live its entire life flying invisibly high above the earth.
Huma is the most commonly attested mythical bird in Turkish Diwan poetry.
New Persian Homa derives from Avestan Homāio. In several dialects of the Persian language, the name 'Homa' is additionally applied to the Bearded vulture (lammergeier).
In Turkic mythology, the bird is called Kumay or Umay which was used as a symbol of Çepni, one of the 24 tribal organizations of Oghuz Turks. Umay is the goddess of fertility and virginity in Turkic mythology and Tengriism. In Arabic the bird is called Bulah.
There are numerous folk interpretations of the name, among them that of the Sufi teacher Inayat Khan, who supposed that "in the word Huma, hu represents spirit, and the word mah originates from the Arabic "Ma'a" ماء which means water."
Hum Network Limited (simply HNL or HUMNL) formerly Eye Television Network Limited is a public limited media company based in Karachi, Pakistan. Company was established in February 2004. It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (APBU) and Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA).
HNL was established in February 2004 with the name of Eye TV Limited which was later changed to Eye Television Network Limited on November 18, 2004. Present name was changed on January 21, 2011.
Company is registered with Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority in October 2004 to operate its first satellite channel Hum TV which went live in January 2005. In June 2005 company made its public offering shares and in August 2005 it listed down in the Karachi Stock Exchange.
On February 12, 2013 during a press consultation at Hum Network head-office, General Manager Public Relations and Publications Shanaz Ramzi announced the 1st Hum Awards in the presence of President Hum Network Sultana Siddiqui.
I was all at sea
'Til you rescued me
Saw through my charade
Said, don't be afraid
My life was just pretense
You won my confidence
And came to my defense
(You blow me away)
Saw through my masquerade
You made me unafraid
Broke down my barricade
(You blow me away)
I didn't have a clue
'Til I looked at you
When I saw your face
It all fell into place
Here in your arms
What can I say
All of your charms
Blow me away
You must have been aware
That this here love affair
Could take us anywhere
(You blow me away)
You washed my pain away
I saw the light of day
You helped me find a way
(You blow me away)
I was all at sea
'Til you rescued me
Saw through my charade
Said, don't be afraid
Here in your arms
What can I say
All of your charms
Blow me away
I was all at sea
'Til you rescued me
Saw through my charade
Said, don't be afraid
My life was just pretense
You won my confidence
And came to my defense
(You blow me away)
Saw through my masquerade
You made me unafraid
Broke down my barricade
(You blow me away)
You must have been aware
That this here love affair
Could take us anywhere
(You blow me away)
You washed my pain away
I saw the light of day
You helped me find a way
(You blow me away)
You blow me away