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Cannella Spirits

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Cannella Spirits was founded in 2014 by Joe Cannella in San Francisco, CA. Inspired by his family name (“cannella” is the Italian word for cinnamon) and a formative trip to Sicily in 2010, Joe began producing a homemade cinnamon liqueur for friends and family, which eventually le...

Cannonfort

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The Cannonfort is a type of Zoid, a race of mechanical lifeforms from the fictional Zoids universe.OverviewThe Cannonfort is a Buffalo-type Zoid, created by the Helic Republic.Based on the larger Dibison, the Cannonfort was designed for both assault operations and long-term indep...

Cantaloupe Hotels

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Cantaloupe Hotels is the leisure arm of Cantaloupe and Company a luxury lifestyle brand in Sri Lanka that provides services in event management, jewellery and advertising. Cantaloupe Hotels currently owns and operates two hotels in the Southern Province of the country, Cantaloupe...

Cantor-de Waal multiset

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A Cantor-de Waal multiset is a multiset in which a particular integer appears at regular intervals. It was proposed by Cornelis de Waal of the Department of Philosophy of IUPUI.More specifically, the n order Cantor-de Waal multiset for value k would have every n entry equal to k....

Canvas ceiling

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Canvas ceiling is a metaphor used to capture a multitude of barriers affecting refugee workforce integration (cf. glass ceiling and bamboo ceiling). The notion of the ceiling is used to illuminate the limits that a particular social group of refugees and asylum seekers encounters...

Cao Pao

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LifeCao Pao is the eldest son of Cao Cao. He was called the "Prince Of Lands". As a Son Of Cao Cao, he chooses his own path as a Wei officer. He made his own strategies that Sima Yi never beats. But he helps Sima Yi as he would help his brother on fighting. Sima Yi didn't hate Ca...

Capability Bias

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Capability Bias - The tendency to believe that the closer average performance is to a target, the tighter the distribution of the data set.Long known, but recently codified bias. Based on observations by Daryl Clements, and Steve Hajec in their many years working with executives ...

Capellan Confederation

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In the fictional BattleTech universe, the Capellan Confederation is one of the five major interstellar powers, known as the Successor States.The smallest of the Successor States, The Capellan Confederation is a self-proclaimed socialist meritocracy ruled by House Liao, from whom ...

Capital Anthems

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Capital Anthems is a national digital radio station in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Global and run as a spin-off from Capital. The station broadcasts from studios at Leicester Square in London and Segensworth near Fareham, broadcast nationally in the DAB+ format, and...

Capital Gardens

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Capital Gardens is London’s largest group of garden centres and was formed in 1990 with roots going back to 1982 when a landscape partnership was formed. There are now six garden centres, an award winning Landscaping company, Capital Garden Landscapes, and a comprehensive online ...

Capital Subscription Fund

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Capital Subscription FundA Capital Subscription Fund is method of funding used for listed companies whereby a facility is provided in exchange for ordinary stock in the company, typically at an agreed discount to the market price. The facility can be drawn down in tranches over a...

Cappai de Bas

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Cappai des Baux, originally Çapay viscounts of Bas (Baux), is the name of an old Aragonese noble family who came to Sardinia in the 14th century with the king James II of Aragon during his campaign to conquer the island. The Cappai played a major role in the history of Sardinia, ...

Captain LeFwee

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Captain LeFwee is one of the antagonists in Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, the final part of the Sly Cooper trilogy.HistoryOne can go so far to name LeFwee Bentley's arch-rival. Captain of the pirate vessel Death's Head, LeFwee stole the map to Reme Lousteau's diving gear and stolen...

Captain Shark tooth Gregorio

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Sir José Gregorio, (c. 1555 – March 8, 1601) was an Portugese navigator, slave liberator and politician. José was knighted from his royal and lordly ties. His exploits were fairly known and made him a hero to the Portuguese but to the English he was a simple pirate. He was known ...

Captain Sim

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Captain Sim is a flight simulation software development company, founded in 1999. The company develops aircraft add-on software for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and its successor Prepar3D, by Lockheed Martin.Released Products*757 Captain III - Boeing 757 add-on for P3D and ported...

Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers

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Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers is the ninth novel in the Captain Underpants series, written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey. The book marks the second appearance of Tippy Tinkletrousers (a.k.a. Professor Pippy P. Poopypants). Super Diaper Baby ...

Capture of Sinhagad (1693)

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In 1693, the task of capturing Sinhagad was entrusted to Nawaji Balkawade and Vithoji Karade. With a force of 5,000 foot soldiers, they defeated the well-equipped Mughal garrison and captured the fort on July 1, 1693.BattleIn the preceding year, the Marathas had tried to capture ...

Capture of USS Argus

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s captain was Commander John Fordyce Maple, an officer who had joined the Royal Navy aged twelve years old in 1782, two years before William Henry Allen was born.On 13 August, the Argus took two final prizes. One of them was from Oporto in Portugal and was carrying wine. It is su...

Car background checks

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Car Background Checks are a crime prevention measure. When buying a second hand car there are number of things that a buyer needs to be aware of. The first thing people tend to concentrate on is the price of the car. Perhaps even more important than the price is the history, hidd...

Car dealer fraud

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Car dealer fraud is among most popular consumer complaints all over the world. The term «car dealer fraud» is applied to deceitful and illegal practices used by auto dealers at almost every step of the car buying process - from advertising to negotiating price and terms of financ...

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