Cadillac

Cadillac /ˈkædlæk/, formally the Cadillac Motor Car Division, is a division of U.S.-based General Motors (GM) that markets luxury vehicles worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, Canada, and China, but Cadillac-branded vehicles are distributed in 34 additional markets worldwide. Historically, Cadillac automobiles have always held a place at the top of the luxury field within the United States. In 2014, Cadillac's U.S. sales were 170,750 vehicles.

Cadillac is among the oldest automobile brands in the world, second in America only to fellow GM marque Buick. The firm was founded from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company in 1902, almost nine years before Chevrolet. It was named after Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit, Michigan. The Cadillac crest is based on his coat of arms.

By the time General Motors purchased the company in 1909 Cadillac had already established itself as one of America's premier luxury carmakers. The complete interchangeability of its precision parts had allowed it to lay the foundation for the modern mass production of automobiles. It was at the forefront of technological advances, introducing including full electrical systems, the clashless manual transmission and the steel roof. The brand developed three engines, with its V8 setting the standard for the American automotive industry.

Cadillac (album)

Cadillac is a 1989 album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in June 1989 and achieved success in France, where it debuted at #1 for eight consecutive weeks on the SNEP albums chart on July 2, 1989, and totaled 61 weeks in the top 50. It provided five singles in France, including a top three hit : "Mirador" (#3), "Si j'étais moi" (#25), "Les Vautours..." (#30), "Himalaya" (#30) and "Cadillac" (#39). The lyrics were written by Étienne Roda-Gil, who had worked in the 1980s with Vanessa Paradis, and the musics were composed and arranged by Jacques Cardona, David Hallyday, Georges Augier, Jean-Pierre Bucolo et Jean-Claude Petit. This album was inspired by Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French who founded Detroit in 1701 and who gave his name to the brand of luxury vehicles.

Track listing

  • "Les Vautours..." (Cardona, Étienne Roda-Gil) — 4:49
  • "Mirador" (David Hallyday, Roda-Gil) — 4:21
  • "Rien à jeter" (Augier, Bucolo, Cardona, Roda-Gil) — 3:37
  • Cadillac (band)

    Cadillac were a Spanish pop group, active between 1981 and 1986. They are known internationally for their participation in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest.

    The group was founded in Madrid in 1981 by José María Guzmán (vocals/guitar) and Eduardo Ramírez (vocals/bass). They recruited Pedro Sánchez (vocals/keyboards) and Javier de Juan (drums) to form a quartet. Their first album, Pensando en tí, was released later that year to critical approval but only modest sales.

    Javier de Juan left the group in 1982 and was replaced by Daniel Jacques. Cadillac's second and third albums. Llegas de madrugada and Un día mas, also failed to sell in large quantities. Ramírez left the group, unhappy with decisions made by their record company, and Pepe Marchante came in as bassist. The group finally made a commercial breakthrough in 1985 with the album Funkyllac, which contained the hit single "Arturo" and featured harder rhythms which proved popular with record buyers.

    In 1986, Cadillac were chosen by broadcaster TVE as the Spanish representatives for the 31st Eurovision Song Contest with the Guzmán-composed song "Valentino". That year's contest took place on 3 May in Bergen, Norway, where "Valentino" placed tenth of the 20 entries.

    Bamboo (disambiguation)

    Bamboo may refer to:

  • Bamboo, a group of woody plants in the true grass family Poaceae
  • Dracaena sanderiana, "lucky bamboo"
  • bamboo (unit), an obsolete unit of measurement
  • Bamboo (production act), a UK house music project
  • Bamboo Mañalac, the lead singer of a Filipino rock group
  • Bamboo (band), a Filipino rock band
  • Bamboo (lyricist), an MC from Kenya
  • "Bamboo," a song by OutKast from their 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  • Bamboo (software), continuous integration software from Atlassian
  • Wacom Bamboo, a graphic tablet produced by Wacom
  • "Hips Don't Lie (Bamboo Remix)", the 2006 FIFA remix version of Shakira's song "Hips Don't Lie"
  • Bamboo Engineering, a British auto racing team
  • Bamboo, Jamaica, a village
  • Bamboo Club, a chain of nightclubs
  • Bamboo (film), a 1945 comedy film
  • See also

  • The Bamboos (disambiguation)
  • Bambu (disambiguation)
  • Bamboo (film)

    Bamboo (Spanish:Bambú) is a 1945 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Imperio Argentina.

    Cast

  • Gabriel Algara
  • Manuel Arbó
  • Imperio Argentina
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez
  • Fernando Fernández de Córdoba
  • Félix Fernandez
  • Emilio García Ruiz
  • José María Lado
  • Julia Lajos
  • Mary Lamar
  • Sara Montiel
  • Nicolás D. Perchicot
  • Luis Peña
  • Alberto Romea
  • María Vicent
  • References

    Bibliography

  • Mira, Alberto. Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
  • External links

  • Bamboo at the Internet Movie Database
  • Bamboo (software)

    Bamboo is a continuous integration server from Atlassian, the makers of JIRA, Confluence and Crowd.

    Bamboo is free for philanthropic and open-source projects. Commercial organizations are charged based on the number of build agents needed. Academic organizations receive a 50% discount on licensing costs under Atlassian's academic licensing program.

    Bamboo supports builds in any programming language using any build tool, including Ant, Maven, Make, and any command-line tools. Build notifications can be customized based on the type of event, and received via email, instant message, RSS, or pop-up windows in Eclipse-based IDEs and IntelliJ IDEA.

    References

    External links

  • Bamboo Home Page
  • Atlassian Connector for Eclipse
  • Atlassian Connector for IntelliJ

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