Gloria (heating system)
Gloria (meaning glory in Spanish) was a central heating system used in Castile beginning in the Middle Ages. It was a direct descendant of the Roman hypocaust, and due to its slow rate of combustion, it allowed people to use smaller fuels such as hay instead of wood.
Description
The Gloria consisted of a firebox, generally located outside (in a courtyard, for example), which burned hay, and one or more ducts that ran under the floors of the rooms to be heated. The warm exhaust gases from the combustion would pass through these ducts and then be released outside through a vertical flue.
The system is more efficient than a fireplace, because the rate of combustion (and therefore the heat output) can be regulated by restricting the airflow into the firebox. Moreover, the air required for combustion does not have to pass through the interior of the building, which reduces cold drafts. Finally, because the firebox is not open to the interior, there is no risk of filling the interior with smoke.
Gloria (1980 film)
Gloria is a 1980 American crime thriller film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. It stars Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Buck Henry, and John Adames.
Plot
In the South Bronx, Jeri Dawn is heading home on the bus with bags of groceries. She gets off at her stop and accidentally drops all her bags. After picking them up, she heads to an apartment building. Once inside the lobby, she passes a man whose dress and appearance are out of place. The woman quickly boards the elevator and anxiously waits for it to reach her floor, where she then gets off and heads to a room far from the elevator.
She is met by her husband Jack Dawn, an accountant for a New York City mob family. There is a contract on Jack and his family, as he has been acting as an informant for the FBI. Suddenly, the family's neighbor, Gloria Swenson, rings their doorbell, asking to borrow some coffee. Jeri tells Gloria of the impending hit and implores Gloria to protect the children. Gloria, a former mobster's girlfriend, tells Jeri that she doesn't like kids but begrudgingly agrees. The Dawns' daughter Carmen refuses to leave and locks herself in the bathroom, so Gloria takes only their young son Phil to her apartment – just narrowly missing the hit squad.
Gloria (Them song)
"Gloria" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964 and released as the B-side of "Baby, Please Don't Go". The song became a garage rock staple and a part of many rock bands' repertoires. It is particularly memorable for its "G–L–O–R–I–A" chorus. It is easy to play, as a simple three-chord song, and thus is popular with those learning to play guitar.
History
Morrison said that he wrote "Gloria" while he performed with the Monarchs in Germany in the summer of 1963, at just about the time he turned eighteen years old. He started to perform it at the Maritime Hotel when he returned to Belfast and joined up with the Gamblers to form the band Them. He would ad-lib lyrics as he performed, sometimes stretching the song to fifteen or twenty minutes. After signing a contract with Dick Rowe and Decca, Them went to London for a recording session at Decca Three Studios in West Hampstead on 5 July 1964; "Gloria" was one of the seven songs recorded that day. Besides Morrison, present were Billy Harrison on guitar, Alan Henderson on bass, Ronnie Millings on drums and Patrick John McCauley on keyboards. Rowe brought in session musicians Arthur Greenslade on organ and Bobby Graham on drums, since he considered the Them members too inexperienced. There remains some dispute about whether Millings and McCauley were miked up, but Alan Henderson contends that Them constituted the first rock group to use two drummers on a recording. Although some sources claim that Jimmy Page played second guitar, other sources deny this.
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Gloria
ALBUMS
- AUDIOphile Pearls, Volume 5 released: 2013
- Plan Leben released: 2006
AUDIOphile Pearls, Volume 5
Released 2013- Missing Trains
- No Reward
- Cherry Tree
- Warten auf Wind
- Immer wenn
- Every Single Night (radio edit)
- Imanin Bas Zihoun
- Diamond
- Warten
- Bla Skugge
- Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester C-Dur: Allegro
- Sonate Nr. 28 A-Dur Op. 101: 4. Satz
- O légère hirondelle (aus: Mireille)
- Si, la mia figlia! (aus: Rigoletto)
- Se quel guerrier Io fossi! (aus: Aida)
Gloria
ALBUMS
- People Like You and Me released:
- Gloria released:
Gloria
ALBUMS
Gloria
ALBUMS
- [Re]nascido released: 2012
- Gloria released: 2009
- Nueva released: 2006
- O fim é uma certeza released: 2005
Gloria
ALBUMS
- Gozando Puro Cuarteto released: 2007
Gozando Puro Cuarteto
Released 2007- Gozando
- Falsa como beso de suegra
- Changa changa
- Aventurera
- Jugaste (en vivo)
- Corazón mágico
- Ay amor (en vivo)
- Mentira
- Procura hablarle tú
- Dónde está la justicia
- Si dices que te vas
- Se terminó
- Algo pa' beber
- Sueño contigo
- Ella quiere cha, cha cha
- Como una puñalada
- Enamorado de ti (en vivo)
- Hay otra en tu lugar (en vivo)
- Yo me enamoré
- Potpourrí: a) Me engualichó b) Comprale un choripán c) Lo de la gorda d) Me dicen la pantera
Gloria
ALBUMS
- Gloria released: 2013
Gloria
ALBUMS
- Boombox released: 2011
Boombox
Released 2011- Boombox (intro)
- Good Life
- Get Spanish
- Can U Dance
- Dolce Vita
- Dingeling King
- Sunny
- Einmal in der Woche schreien
- Here Comes the Rain Again
- Sunstruck
- Illmerica
- Happiness
- Contact
- The Sound of the Crowd
- Twist à St. Tropez
- Enola Gay
- Woo-Boost
- Strobot (Netsky remix)
- Hocus Pocus
- België (Is er leven op Pluto...?)
Gloria
ALBUMS
- It's All Bells: Jingle All the Way released: 2002
- Porn Starlet Dreams released:
It's All Bells: Jingle All the Way
Released 2002- White Christmas
- It's Christmas Time Again
- Blue Christmas
- Fairytale of New York (feat. Sinéad O'Connor)
- Merry Christmas Baby
- Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
- Last Christmas
- Rockin Robin
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- Silent Night
- The Christmas Song
- Thanks for Christmas
- Little Saint Nick
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Dream for Me
Gloria
ALBUMS
- Irish Songs You Have Loved released:
Irish Songs You Have Loved
- Working Man
- My Kathleen
- Two Loves
- Mountains of Mourne
- Your Pretty Brown Eyes
- My Beauty of Limerick
- Rose of Killarney
- The Rose of Tralee
- Castle of Dromore
- Every Step of the Way
- The Spinning Wheel
- My Wild Irish Rose
- Rose of Clare
- Love Is Teasin
- It Keeps Right on a Hurtin
- I'll Forgive and Try to Forget
- Eileen McMannus
- My Lagan Love
Gloria
ALBUMS
- Die deutsche Schlagerparade 2/96 released: 1996
- Sanremo '95: Il meglio di released: 1995
Die deutsche Schlagerparade 2/96
Released 1996- Meine moskauer Nächte
- Lass uns nie mehr auseinandergeh'n
- Pferdeschwanz und Pettycoat
- Kopfüber in die Nacht
- Für immer für dich da (mein Kind)
- So bist Du
- Wenn du mich liebst, dann lieb' ich dich auch
- König der Nacht
- Durch und durch
- Heute beginnt der Rest deines Lebens
- Sie passt gar nicht zu dir
- Marie-Christine
- Ich will dich nur berühr'n
- Ein kleines Lied
- Drei-Acht-Sieben-Null-Vier
- Ja soll das alles schon gewesen sein
- Ich wünscht' du wärst hier
- Sag, hast du heut schon mal gelebt
Gloria
ALBUMS
- Las 101 canciones de oro released: 2006
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by Santa Esmeralda
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by Gloria Nuti
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by Brian Setzer
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by Hurrah!
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by Michael Franti & Spearhead
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by Them
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by Delorean
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by Mando Diao
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by Nazareth
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by Paul Colman
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by Rickie Lee Jones
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by Umberto Tozzi
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by Laura Branigan
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by Vendetta Red
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by Wednesday
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by Manhattan Transfer
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by Gloria Trevi
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by Canterbury
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by Mineral
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by Eric Mantel
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by Puissance
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by Lena Valeitis
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by Watermark
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by Takeover Uk
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by U2
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by Juliane Werding
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by Jewel
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by Kat-tun
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by Gloria
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by Mina
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by The Doors
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by Enchantment
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by Reuben Morgan
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by Brian Setzer Orchestra
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by Todd Agnew
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by Hank Thompson
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by Branigan Laura
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by Matt Redman
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by Patti Smith
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by Brave Saint Saturn
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by Donna Summer
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by Doors
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by Young Divas
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by Jimi Hendrix
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by Libera
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by Harry Belafonte
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by Michael W. Smith
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by MercyMe
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by Gloria Estefan
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by Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
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by Rick Springfield
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by Van Morrison
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by The Sopranos: Peppers and Eggs Soundtrack
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by Smalltown Poets
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by Elastica
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by Von Hertzen Brothers
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by Cadillacs
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by Simple Minds
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by Hawk Nelson
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by Disillusion
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by Relient K
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by Yui
Gloria
by: Santa EsmeraldaLike to tell you 'bout my baby, you know she comes around,
Just 'bout five feet four a-from her head to the ground.
You know she comes around here just about midnight,
She make me feel so good, lord, she make me feel all right.
And her name is g-l-o-r-i,
G-l-o-r-i-a gloria
G-l-o-r-i-a gloria
I'm gonna shout it all night gloria
I'm gonna shout it every day, gloria
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
She comes around here just about midnight, ha
She make me feel so good, lord, i wanna say she make me feel all right.
Comes a-walkin' down my street, then she comes up to my house,
She knock upon my door and then she comes to my room,
Yeah an' she make me feel all right,
And her name is g-l-o-r-i,
G-l-o-r-i-a gloria
G-l-o-r-i-a gloria
I'm gonna shout it all night gloria
I'm gonna shout it every day gloria
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah,
Looks so good gloria
All right, feel so good gloria
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