Shack
A shack is a type of small, often primitive shelter or dwelling.
It is possible that up to a billion people worldwide live in shacks. Fire is a significant hazard in tight-knit shack settlements. Shack settlements are also sometimes known as slums or shanty towns.
In Australian English shack can also refer to a small holiday house with limited conveniences, for instance it may not have running water or electricity.
In oilfield drilling (Canada) a shack can also be the word for a wellsite trailer. Structures that were once notorious among oilfield workers for being cramped, uncomfortable and generally unpleasant to be in are now no longer good enough for companies that are serious about employee retention.
Shacks in Kayamandi, South Africa
Shacks in Kayamandi, South Africa
In relatively affluent areas, shacks are often used for storage or have been abandoned.
In relatively affluent areas, shacks are often used for storage or have been abandoned.
References
Shack (disambiguation)
A Shack is a type of small house, usually in a state of disrepair.
Shack or The Shack may also refer to:
Places
People with surname Shack
See also
Shack (band)
Shack are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1987. Originally Shack consisted of Mick Head (vocals/guitar), his brother John Head (guitar), Justin Smith (bass) and Mick Hurst.
History
The Pale Fountains
Before founding Shack, Michael and John Head were in the cult 1980s band The Pale Fountains, and released two albums, Pacific Street in March 1984 and ...From Across The Kitchen Table in March 1985. However, though critically acclaimed, the albums only reached Numbers 85 and 94 in the UK Albums Chart. That band ended around 1986 and returned from London to their home town of Liverpool. Sadly, bassist and founder member, Chris "Biffa" McCaffrey died of a brain tumour in 1989.
1987–1996: Zilch, Waterpistol and hiatus
The Head brothers soon re-emerged as Shack, signing to the Ghetto Recording Company, home of record producer Ian Broudie's solo project, The Lightning Seeds and British soul band Distant Cousins. Shack's first album Zilch was released in 1988, but was neither critically nor commercially successful. The album was later re-released on the Red Flag Recording Company label with three extra tracks in 2007.
Felix (newspaper)
Felix is the student newspaper of Imperial College London. It won the Guardian Student Newspaper of the Year award in 2006 and 2008. The newspaper is published weekly during term time with approximately 30 issues per year, and is distributed around the various Imperial College campuses.
The FELIX motto, "Keep The Cat Free" (first adopted in 1974), refers to the policy of distributing the newspaper free of charge but more importantly to the tradition of free speech: unlike many students' newspapers Felix is free to criticise union policy whenever the editor sees fit, although during Spring Term 2008 Imperial College Union constitution controversially prevented some news articles from being published.
In addition to news, Felix also carries comic strips, features, opinions, puzzles and reviews, plus reports of trips and Imperial College sporting events. As a student newspaper, it is read by a large proportion of the student body, as well as other members of the Imperial College community. Consequently, it provides an opportunity for advertising to both students and staff.
Felix (name)
Felix is a male given name and surname that stems from Latin (fēlix, felicis) and means "lucky", "favored by luck" or "the lucky one". Its female form is Felicity (English), Felicitas or Felizitas (in German-speaking regions).
In German, Dutch, Czech, Slovenian, Romanian and Scandinavian languages the form "Felix" is the same as English. In French, Hungarian, Portuguese and Spanish it is written with an acute, "Félix", whereas in Catalan it is written with a grave, "Fèlix". The Italian form of the name is "Felice", in Polish and Croatian "Feliks".
Felix may refer to:
Romans
Late Antiquity and Middle Ages
Saints
- Felix of Heraclea, martyred with Januarius
- Felix and Constantia (d. 68), martyrs
- Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (d. c. 212), martyrs
- Felix of Nola (d. c. 255)
- Felix and Regula (d. 286), martyrs
- Felix (d. 303), bishop of Thibiuca and patron of Venosa, martyred with Audactus, Fortunatus, Januarius, and Septimus
- Felix and Adauctus (d. c. 303), martyrs
- Felix and Nabor (d. c. 303), martyrs
- Felix of Como (d. c. 390)
- Felix of Nimes (4th century)
- Felix, martyred at Furci with Justin of Siponto (d. c. 310)
- Felix of Hadrumetum (d. c. 434) North African Catholic bishop
- Felix of Cornwall (5th or 6th century)
- Felix of Nantes (died 584), bishop of Nantes
- Felix of Burgundy (7th century, introduced Christianity to the East Anglians)
- Felix, one of the Martyrs of Córdoba with Aurelius and Natalia (d. 852)
- Felix the Hermit (9th century)
- Felix of Rhuys (d. 1038)
- Felix of Valois (d. 1212)
- Felix, martyred with Anesius
List of Golden Sun characters
The following is a list of characters from Camelot Software Planning's Golden Sun series of role-playing video games, consisting of 2001's Golden Sun for Game Boy Advance and its 2003 Game Boy Advance follow-up, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, which deals with the efforts of opposing groups of magic-wielding warriors concerning the restoration of the omnipotent force of Alchemy to the fictional world of Weyard. Classified as Adepts of Weyard's four base elements of Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water, these characters possess the ability to employ a chi-like form of magic named Psynergy. Adepts among the common populace are few and far between the settlements of the game's world. The game's characters were created and illustrated by Camelot's Shin Yamanouchi.
Golden Sun playable characters
Isaac
Sham
Sham may refer to:
Arabic use
- Bilad al-Sham the Caliphate province of the same region
- ash-Shām, or Sham (الشام), another name for Damascus, one of the largest cities in the region
- Jund al-Sham, militant group based in Afghanistan, meaning "Army of Syria"
