What was Alfred Hitchcock's first colour movie?

Alfred Hitchcock | Moviepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Hitchcock's films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy, and are known for their droll humour. They often portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their control or understanding. This often involves a transference of guilt in which the "innocent" character's failings are transferred to another character and magnified. Another common theme is the exploration of the compatibility of men and women; Hitchcock's films often take a cynical view of traditional romantic relationships. Original 1940 poster. Although Hitchcock was an enormous star during his lifetime, he was not usually ranked highly by contemporaneous film critics. Rebecca was the only one of his films to win the Academy Award for Best Picture , although four others were nominated. Hitchcock never won the Academy Award for Best Director. He was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in 1967, but never personally received an Academy Award of Merit . The French New Wave critics, especially Eric Rohmer , Claude Chabrol , and François Truffaut, were among the first to promote his films as having artistic merit beyond entertainment. Hitchcock was one of the first directors to whom they applied their auteur theory, which stresses the artistic authority of the director in the movie-making process. Through his fame, public persona, and degree of creative control, Hitchcock transformed the role of the director, which had previously been eclipsed by that of the producer. He is seen today as the quintessential director who managed to combine art and entertainment in a way very few have ever matched. His innovations and vision have influenced a great number of, and . Biography Edit As a major talent in a new industry with plenty of opportunity, he rose quickly. In 1925, Michael Balcon of Gainsborough Pictures gave him a chance to direct his first film, The Pleasure Garden , made at the Ufaz studios in Germany. However, the commercial failure of this film, and his second, The Mountain Eagle , threatened to derail his promising career, until he attached himself to the thriller genre. The resulting film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog , was released in 1927 and was a major commercial and critical success. Like many of his earlier works it was influenced by Expressionist techniques he had witnessed first hand in Germany. In it, attractive blondes are strangled and the new lodger (Ivor Novello) in the Bunting family's upstairs apartment falls under heavy suspicion. This is the first truly "Hitchcockian" film, incorporating such themes as the "wrong man". 39 Steps Following the success of The Lodger, Hitchcock began his first efforts to promote himself in the media, and hired a publicist to cement his growing reputation as one of the British film industry's rising stars. In 1926, he was to marry his assistant director Alma Reville. They had a daughter, Patricia, in 1928. Alma was Hitchcock's closest collaborator. She wrote some of his screenplays and worked with him on every one of his films. In 1929, he began work on Blackmail , his tenth film. While the film was in production, the studio decided to make it one of Britain's first sound pictures. With the climax of the film taking place on the dome of the British Museum, Blackmail also began the Hitchcock tradition of using famous landmarks as the backdrop to a story. In 1933, Hitchcock was once again working for Michael Balcon at Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. His first film for the company, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), was a success, while his second, The 39 Steps (1935), is often considered one of the best films from his early period. It was also one of the first to introduce the concept of the " MacGuffin ", a plot device around which a whole story would revolve. In The 39 Steps, the MacGuffin is a stolen set of blueprints. His next major success was in 1938, The Lady Vanishes , a clever and fast-paced film about the search for a kindly old Englishwoman (Dame May Whitty), who disappears while on board


What colour is the cross on the flag of Switzerland?

Switzerland Flag - All about Swiss Flag - colors, meaning, information & history WORLD FLAGS Switzerland National Flag - Information The national flag of Switzerland consists of a white cross on a red field. The four arms of the white cross should be of equal length and one and a sixth times as long as they are wide Switzerland Flag - Colors - meaning and symbolism  Red represents blood spilled to uphold the faith  White cross symbolizes Christianity Switzerland Flag - History, Facts & information for kids In 1291, three cantons - Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden - joined together to form the Swiss confederacy. Schwyz used a flag that is based on the imperial war flag of the Holy Roman Empire, which bore a white cross on red. The Swiss Confederation began using Schwyz's flag during and after the Battle of Laupen (1339) Though the flag was being used as the Swiss national flag for over 500 years, it was officially established as the national flag on December 12, 1889 War flag of the Holy Roman Empire Switzerland Flag - History, Facts & information for kids Following the heraldic tradition, Swiss flags on land are square in proportion. Switzerland Flag is one of only two square sovereign-state flags in the world (the other being the flag of Vatican City) When used on water (at sea or on the vessels plying in Swiss lakes), the ratio of the size of the cross to the height is 5:8, and to the length is 5:12 and the flag can be of rectangular proportion with 2:3 or 7:10 dimensions Switzerland Flag - Red Cross Symbol The Red Cross symbol used by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a red cross on white background, was the original protection symbol declared at the first Geneva Convention, the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field of 1864. According to the ICRC the design was based on the Swiss flag by reversing of the colours of that flag, in order to honor Switzerland, where the first Geneva Convention was held, and its inventor and co-founder, the Swiss Henry Dunant. Switzerland Flag - Red Cross Symbol Switzerland Flag pictures


In which children's TV show could you have seen the character of Windy Miller?

Children's favourite Windy Miller is drunk on Camberwick Green (no spoof) - YouTube Children's favourite Windy Miller is drunk on Camberwick Green (no spoof) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 10, 2010 Who would have thought it that classic children's TV character Windy Miller actually gets drunk on homemade cider on Camberwick Green. And causes real problems for Murphy the baker who is desperate for flour. Not only that, he gets Murphy and his children to WHISTLE FOR THE WIND. Don't do cider, children. Just don't do it. This is the original footage with Brian Cant narrating. Category


In which 1996 film does Eddie Murphy play characters including Sherman Klump and Buddy Love?

The Nutty Professor (1996) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 37 titles created 16 Jun 2012 a list of 48 titles created 10 Jul 2012 a list of 37 titles created 28 Jan 2014 a list of 25 titles created 20 Jun 2014 a list of 34 titles created 17 Aug 2014 Title: The Nutty Professor (1996) 5.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    8 wins & 11 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Scientist Sherman Klump's inventions, his upcoming marriage to his pretty colleague Denise Gaines and his reputation are threatened by his evil clone Buddy Love. Director: Peter Segal An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York City, and goes undercover to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will. Director: John Landis A mild-mannered guy, who is married to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her. Director: Brian Robbins Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles. Director: John Landis A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. Director: Martin Brest Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it. Director: Tony Scott Jack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond--this time, to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area. Director: Walter Hill The story of wrongfully convicted men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after serving 65 years in prison. Director: Ted Demme In order to protect a beautiful woman and her son from a robber, a male FBI agent disguises himself as a large grandmother. Director: Raja Gosnell A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. Director: Walter Hill A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child who dark forces want to eliminate. Director: Michael Ritchie Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars. The ending is played out... See full summary  » Director: Thomas Carter Edit Storyline Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control. Written by Jwelch5742 Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out. Genres: Rated PG-13 for crude humor and sexual references | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 28 June 1996 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: El profesor chiflado See more  » Filming Locations:


Yperite, first used by the German army in September 1917, is better known as what type of gas?

Poison Gases Poison Gases ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Poison Gases Poisonous gases were known about for a long time before the First World War but military officers were reluctant to use them as they considered it to be a uncivilized weapon. The French Army were the first to employ it as a weapon when in the first month of the war they fired tear-gas grenades at the Germans. In October 1914 the German Army began firing shrapnel shells in which the steel balls had been treated with a chemical irritant. The Germans first used chlorine gas cylinders in April 1915 when it was employed against the French Army at Ypres . Chlorine gas destroyed the respiratory organs of its victims and this led to a slow death by asphyxiation. General William Robertson recommended Brigadier General Charles Howard Foulkes to General John French as the best man to organise the retaliation. Foulkes accepted the post he eventually received the title of General Officer Commanding the Special Brigade responsible for Chemical Warfare and Director of Gas Services. He worked closely with scientists working at the governmental laboratories at Porton Down near Salisbury . His biographer, John Bourne , has argued: "Despite Foulkes' energy, the ingenuity of his men and the consumption of expensive resources, gas was ultimately disappointing as a weapon, despite its terrifying reputation." German soldiers after a gas attack in 1915. It was important to have the right weather conditions before a gas attack could be made. When the British Army launched a gas attack on 25th September in 1915, the wind blew it back into the faces of the advancing troops. This problem was solved in 1916 when gas shells were produced for use with heavy artillery . This increased the army's range of attack and helped to protect their own troops when weather conditions were not completely ideal. After the first German chlorine gas attacks, Allied troops were supplied with masks of cotton pads that had been soaked in urine. It was found that the ammonia in the pad neutralized the poison. Other soldiers preferred to use handkerchiefs, a sock, a flannel body-belt, dampened with a solution of bicarbonate of soda, and tied across the mouth and nose until the gas passed over. It was not until July 1915 that soldiers were given efficient gas masks and anti-asphyxiation respirators. One disadvantage for the side that launched chlorine gas attacks was that it made the victim cough and therefore limited his intake of the poison. Both sides found that phosgene was more effective poison to use. Only a small amount was needed to make it impossible for the soldier to keep fighting. It also killed its victim within 48 hours of the attack. Advancing armies also used a mixture of chlorine and phosgene called 'white star'. Mustard Gas (Yperite) was first used by the German Army in September 1917. The most lethal of all the poisonous chemicals used during the war, it was almost odourless and took twelve hours to take effect. Yperite was so powerful that only small amounts had to be added to high explosive shells to be effective. Once in the soil, mustard gas remained active for several weeks. The Germans also used bromine and chloropicrin. In July 1917, David Lloyd George appointed Winston Churchill as Minister of Munitions and for the rest of the war, he was in charge of the production of tanks, aeroplanes, guns and shells. Clive Ponting , the author of Churchill (1994) has argued: "The technology in which Churchill placed greatest faith though was chemical warfare, which had first been used by the Germans in 1915. It was at this time that Churchill developed what was to prove a life-long enthusiasm for the widespread use of this form of warfare." Two German soldiers and their mule wearing gas masks in 1916. Churchill developed a close relationship with Brigadier General Charles Howard Foulkes . Churchill urged Foulkes to provide him with effective ways of using chemical weapons against the German Army . In November 1917 Churchill advocated the production of gas bombs to be dropped by aircraft. However, this


In 2000, who bared all at the Gielgud Theatre replacing Kathleen Turner in the role of Mrs Robinson in the play The Graduate?

BBC News | SHOWBIZ | The Graduate's London term ends Friday, 18 January, 2002, 17:45 GMT The Graduate's London term ends Kathleen Turner was the first Mrs Robinson in the show The London run of The Graduate, the stage show that has seen a string of actresses bare all as a middle-aged seductress, comes to the end of its West End run this weekend. The show, a stage version of the Oscar-winning 1967 film, will now transfer to Broadway after being seen by more than 400,000 people in the UK. The Graduate has become infamous for its nude scenes, featuring high-profile stars including Kathleen Turner, Jerry Hall and Linda Gray. They have all played Mrs Robinson, who woos a younger man, Benjamin Braddock. Jerry Hall: Not a hit with critics Its final performance at London's Gielgud Theatre will be on Saturday. Producers have denied that the show became a casualty of falling visitor numbers after 11 September. When the announcement of its closure was made in November, ticket sales were as high as when Kathleen Turner made headlines as the show's first Mrs Robinson from April 2000, they said. Turner will reprise her role in Toronto, Baltimore and Boston before going to Broadway from 4 April. She will be joined by Clueless star Alicia Silverstone and American Pie actor Jason Biggs, who will play Benjamin, the graduate who becomes the object of Mrs Robinson's affections. The film won an Oscar in 1968 Before the London run opened, ticket sales went through the roof when it was announced that Turner, then aged 45, would appear naked on stage. Her debut was met with a standing ovation from theatregoers, but a mixed reaction from critics. One reviewer said she gave the seduction scene "a comic sexiness, as if Mae West were coming on to a panic-stricken Jerry Lewis". The show was originally scheduled for a short run, but was continually extended to meet demand. After Turner came Jerry Hall, then 43, the former wife of Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger. Linda Gray is London's last Mrs Robinson She fared worse at the hand of the critics, with one saying: "Jerry, I'm afraid, is no actress. But she's got great legs." Hall was replaced by Amanda Donohoe, the youngest of the stars at 39, who was followed by Fatal Attraction star Anne Archer, 53. Then came Linda Gray, 60, who played Sue Ellen in TV soap Dallas, and became London's last Mrs Robinson. The show will have taken �10m by the end of its West End run. The story was originally a novel by Charles Webb, which became the film starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Terry Johnson adapted it for the stage. Worldwide When the announcement of the closure was made, producers John Reid and Sacha Brooks said: "The Graduate has been a West End event every night for nearly two years. We have always hoped to go out on a high." The Graduate has also played in Australia, South Africa and Poland. Other high-profile West End shows to close in recent months include Starlight Express, Notre Dame De Paris and The Witches Of Eastwick. The London staging of Cats, the longest-running musical in history, has just announced that it is to come to an end after 21 years. See also:


What is the most common name for a pub in Britain?

Top 10 Pub Names in the UK - Beer in the Evening Blog Beer in the Evening Blog Top 10 Pub Names in the UK Posted on: April 7th, 2011 by chrish Each week we get the odd email from various media outlets asking us some strange questions for whatever article they are currently writing. Time upon time, we get asked ‘What is the most popular pub name in the UK?’ We thought we’d share with you what they are – is your local named the same? (Some of them might be proceeded with ‘The’ – lots of pubs go by with and without it!) Red Lion


In Star Trek, what colour is Mr. Spock's blood?

TV ACRES: Blood & Blood Types > Spock (Star Trek)   Blood & Blood Types Spock -  On the sci-fi adventure STAR TREK/NBC/1966-69 Vulcan Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) had a different blood color that the rest of his human crew on the starship Enterprise. What color is Spock's blood? It is green because the oxidizing agent in Vulcan blood is copper, not iron, as it is in humans. Copper oxide (verdigris) gave Spock's blood its blue-green hue. We discovered this on episode "Journey to Babel" when Spock's Vulcan father, Ambassador Sarek (Mark Lenard) suffers a heart attack that requires surgery and a life-giving transfusion of T- Negative blood from Spock. Initially, Spock refuses to donate blood because a knife attack had put Captain Kirk (William Shatner) out of action and put Spock in command of the ship. Logic dictated his responsibility to command the Enterprise outweighed taking time out from a crisis to give his father blood. In the end, he gave the blood because Kirk faked recovery and returned to the bridge, thus freeing Spock to go to the sickbay and assist in his father's surgery. In the movie Star Trek III: Search for Spock (1984), Doctor McCoy (DeForest Kelley) mentions Spock blood after Spock surreptitiously performed a Vulcan mind-meld on the Doctor and deposited his "Katra" or life-force inside McCoy's brain. Upon hearing the facts of the matter McCoy exclaimed "That green-blooded son of a bitch! It's his revenge for all the arguments he lost." TRIVIA NOTE: In June 2007, the medical journal The Lancet reported a case from October 2005 of a 42-year-old man who needed surgery in both lower legs after falling asleep in a kneeling position. His condition necessitated "urgent fasciotomies, limb-saving procedures which involve making surgical incisions to relieve pressure and swelling". While inserting an arterial catheter in the man's wrist artery, surgeons noticed a discharge of dark greenish-black blood oozing from their patient. Could he be Vulcan? Not really. The man had taken large doses of an anti-migraine drug named sumatriptan. This high in sulphur drug was responsible for changing the color from red to green. According to Dr Alana Flexman of St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver "The patient recovered uneventfully, and stopped taking sumatriptan after discharge. When seen five weeks after his last dose, he was found to have no sulfhaemoglobin in his blood." Numerous news outlets covered the story and freely associated the man's green blood with Star Trek's Vulcan Mr. Spock. Cited as "Dark Green Blood in the Operating Theatre" The Lancet Volume 369 Issue: 9577 (June 9 - 15 2007) p. 1972. Flexman, Alana M; Del Vicario, Giuseppe; Schwarz, Stephan KW. External Links


How many different ways are there to make change of a dollar? 111, 293 or 487?

Frank Morgan's Math Chat - 293 Ways to Make Change for a Dollar | Mathematical Association of America Home » Frank Morgan's Math Chat - 293 Ways to Make Change for a Dollar Frank Morgan's Math Chat - 293 Ways to Make Change for a Dollar April 19, 2001 Old Challenge (Joe Shipman). Larry King said in his USA Today column that there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Is this correct? (Assume only currently minted denominations.) Answer. Yes, if you count a one-dollar coin in change. Raymond Hettinger listed all 293 possibilities, appended at end of column. Michael Caulfield counted up the 292 possibilities other than a one-dollar coin as follows: Given that 1 half dollar will be used, there are 50 combinations: another half dollar (1 way) 2 quarters (1 way) 1 quarter with: 2 dimes (2 ways), 1 dime (4), or 0 dimes (6). 0 quarters with: 5 dimes (1), 4 (3), 3 (5), 2 (7), 1 (9), or 0 (11).   Given that no half dollars will be used, there are 242 combinations: 4 quarters (1 way) 3 quarters with: 2 dimes (2 ways), 1 (4), or 0 (6). 2 quarters with: 5 dimes (1), 4 (3), 3 (5), 2 (7), 1 (9), or 0 (11). 1 quarter with: 7 dimes (2), 6 (4), 5 (6), 4 (8), 3 (10), 2 (12), 1 (14), 0 (16) 0 quarters with: 10 dimes (1), 9 (3), 8 (5), 7 (7), 6 (9), 5 (11), 4 (13), 3 (15), 2 (17), 1 (19), 0 (21). Torsten Sillke discussed how such computations can be accomplished with generating functions. See Herbert's Wilf's "Lectures on Integer Partitions" (page 10) at http://www.math.upenn.edu/~wilf The answer to our problem (293) is the coefficient of x^100 in the reciprocal of the following:   (1-x)(1-x5)(1-x10)(1-x25)(1-x50)(1-x100) Al Zimmermann provided the following table of the numbers of ways you can exchange various units of currency for smaller units of currency:   $100 9,823,546,661,905 Zimmermann added: I did allow $2 bills. I did not distinguish between $1 coins and $1 bills in change. I thought about that one and decided that if I did distinguish, then I should also distinguish among the 50 different quarters now being issued. And I really didn't want to do that. Following Caulfield and Zimmermann and disputing Larry King, Walter Wright says that a dollar coin cannot be considered change for a dollar bill: Webster's New World Dictionary defines change as "a number of coins or bills whose total value equals a single larger coin or bill." Questionable Mathematics. Al Zimmermann reports that: "About three years ago I went to a Citibank ATM in midtown Manhattan to withdraw some cash. The machine rejected my request with the following message:   I cannot give you $130 because I only have bills in $50 and $20 denominations. Please choose another amount." Of course $130 = $50 + 4 x $20. Readers are invited to submit more examples of questionable mathematics. New Challenge. What is the largest positive number that you can represent with three, distinct standard mathematical symbols, such as 8x9? The smallest?     Send answers, comments, and new questions by email to Frank.Morgan@williams.edu, to be eligible for Flatland and other book awards. Winning answers will appear in the next Math Chat. Math Chat appears on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Prof. Morgan's homepage is at www.williams.edu/Mathematics/fmorgan. THE MATH CHAT BOOK, including a $1000 Math Chat Book QUEST, questions and answers, and a list of past challenge winners, is now available from the MAA (800-331-1622).   Raymond Hettinger's list of the 293 ways to make change for a dollar: 1 : 0 0 0 0 0 100 (0 dollars, 0 half-dollars, 0 quarters, 0 dimes, 0 nickels, 100 pennies) 2 : 0 0 0 0 1 95 3 : 0 0 0 0 2 90 4 : 0 0 0 0 3 85 5 : 0 0 0 0 4 80 6 : 0 0 0 0 5 75 7 : 0 0 0 0 6 70 8 : 0 0 0 0 7 65 9 : 0 0 0 0 8 60 10 : 0 0 0 0 9 55 11 : 0 0 0 0 10 50 12 : 0 0 0 0 11 45 13 : 0 0 0 0 12 40 14 : 0 0 0 0 13 35 15 : 0 0 0 0 14 30 16 : 0 0 0 0 15 25 17 : 0 0 0 0 16 20 18 : 0 0 0 0 17 15 19 : 0 0 0 0 18 10 20 : 0 0 0 0 19 5 21 : 0 0 0 0 20 0 22 : 0 0 0 1 0 90 23 : 0 0 0 1 1 85 24 : 0 0 0 1 2 80 25 : 0 0 0 1 3 75 26 : 0 0 0 1 4 70 27 : 0 0 0 1 5 65 28 : 0 0 0 1 6 60 29 : 0 0 0 1 7 55 3


Which 1997 film starring Jack Nicholson is known in China as Mr. Cat Poop?

TV and Movies A Penny For Your Thoughts TV and Movies No one probably reads this page.....except for you and the last person.....lol Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first film featuring the character Indiana Jones, was crawling with four-, eight-,                   and no-legged creatures: - Number of boas, cobras and pythons used in the film: 7,500 - Number of tarantulas: 50 - Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute. The first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused was Harry Washburn. Twentieth Century-Fox studio cut all scenes showing physical contact between America's curly-haired darling Shirley Temple                   and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "The Little Colonel" in 1934 to avoid social offense and to assure wide U.S. distribution.                   Pre-release showings of the film, particularly in the southern U.S., shocked audiences when the two actors touched fingers                   during their famous staircase dance sequence. Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953. On Beaver Cleaver's US tour, he visited Albuquerque on a Tuesday. Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two                   halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star                   Wars Yoda. By the way, his real name is Frank Oznowicz. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop". Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.) The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in. A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the                   songs. Bruce was the nickname of the mechanical shark used in the "Jaws" movies. The original title of the musical "Hello Dolly!" was "Dolly: A Damned Exasperating Woman." Why did they change it? The                   original had such music, poetry, and pizzazz. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. A two hour motion picture uses 10,800 feet of film. Not including the previews and commercials. For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the                   world spinning back in the proper direction. In the Mario Brothers movie, the Princess' first name is Daisy, but in Mario 64, the game, her first name is Peach. Before                   that, it's Princess Toadstool. "60 Minutes" is the only show on CBS that doesn’t have a theme song. Dooley Wilson appeared as Sam in the movie Casablanca. Dooley was a drummer - not a pianist in real life. The man who really                   played the piano in Casablanca was a Warner Brothers staff musician who was at a piano off camera during the filming. The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally named "The Seinfeld Chronicles". The pilot which was broadcast in 1989 also featured                   a kooky neighbor named Kessler. This character later became known as Kramer. In the movie 'Now and Then', when the girls are talking to the hippie (Brenden Fraser), and they get up to leave, Teeny                   (Thora Birch) puts out her cigarette twice. In Hitchcock’s movie, "Rear Window", Jimmy Stewart plays a character wearing a leg cast from the waist down. In one                   scene, the cast switches legs, and in another, the signature on the cast is missing. In the movie "Two Jakes," which is set in the 1940's, Jack Nicholson walks right by a B


Cups to Teaspoons - How many tsp in a cup? Cups to Teaspoons Conversion How many teaspoons in a cup? Cups to teaspoons (tsp) conversion factors are listed below. To find out how many teaspoons in cups, multiply by the right factor or use the converter below. 1 Cup [US] = 48 Teaspoons [US] 1 Cup [Metric] = 50 Teaspoons [Metric] 1 Cup [US] = 39.97 Teaspoons [UK] Cup is a volume unit and used mostly in cooking to measure liquid and bulk, dry foods. There is no international standard for cup sizes but mostly united states customary and metric cups are used. The abbreviation is "c". Teaspoon is a commonly used volume unit in cooking recipes and prescriptions. 1 US teaspoon is about 5 milliliters or 1/6 of fluid ounces. The abbreviations are "tsp", "ts". For tsp to cups converter, please go to tsp to cups For other cooking unit conversions, please go to Cooking Units Conversion Converter Enter a US cup value that you want to convert into US teaspoons and click on the "convert" button.


Blood groups - NHS Choices Blood groups  Blood groups Introduction  There are four main blood groups (types of blood): A, B, AB and O. Your blood group is determined by the genes you inherit from your parents. Each group can be either RhD positive or RhD negative, which means your blood group can be one of the eight types shown below (see the Rh system ). What is blood? Your body carries around four to six litres (7 to 10.5 pints) of blood. Blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in a liquid called plasma. Plasma is about 90% water, but also contains proteins, nutrients, hormones and waste products. Blood is made up of about 60% plasma and 40% blood cells. Each type of blood cell has a specific role to play: red blood cells carry oxygen around the body and remove carbon dioxide and other waste products; they give blood its red colour white blood cells are part of the immune system (the body's natural defence mechanism) and help fight infection platelets help the blood clot (thicken) to stop bleeding Antigens and antibodies Your blood group is identified by antigens and antibodies in the blood. Antibodies are part of your body's natural defences against invading substances such as germs. Antigens are protein molecules found on the surface of red blood cells. Antibodies are proteins found in plasma. Antibodies recognise anything foreign in your body and alert your immune system to destroy it. The ABO system There are four main blood groups defined by the ABO system: blood group A has A antigens on the red blood cells with anti-B antibodies in the plasma blood group B has B antigens with anti-A antibodies in the plasma blood group O has no antigens, but both anti-A and anti-B antibodies in the plasma blood group AB has both A and B antigens, but no antibodies Almost half (48%) of the UK population has blood group O, making this the most common blood group.  Receiving blood from the wrong ABO group can be life threatening.  For example, the anti-A antibodies in a recipient with group B blood will attack the group A cells if transfused to them. This is why group A blood must never be given to a group B person. As group O red blood cells don't have any A or B antigens, it can safely be given to any other group.


The average person grows how many inches of hair each year? 6, 10 or 15?

Is It Possible to Retain 12 inches of Hair Growth in 1 Year? | Black Girl with Long Hair Is It Possible to Retain 12 inches of Hair Growth in 1 Year? Style Icon Fifi Imagine retaining 12 inches of hair in one year. It’s pretty exciting, isn’t it? That’s like going from a clean-shaven big chop to shoulder length or going from shoulder length to almost waist length in one year! I was pretty excited about that prospect years ago and considered “challenging” myself to retain that much length in one year. However, the reality is the amount of hair you retain is both out of your control and determined by your practices. When it comes to hair growth and hair length retention it is common and encouraged to set length goals. Nevertheless some goals, no matter how well-intentioned, can be counterproductive. Can you retain 12 inches of hair in 12 months? First, let’s review a few facts common among most women. – On average we grow ½ inch of hair each month. This translates to 6 inches a year. – Even with healthy hair practices you will occasionally need to trim or dust your ends, leading to a regular loss of length – Even if you choose not to trim your hair any untrimmed split ends may likely lead to breakage – If you occasionally experience a spurt in growth (i.e. more than ½ inch in a month) it is unlikely that you will sustain that growth if your hair doesn’t regularly grow at that rate There’s nothing wrong with setting hair goals that will help to keep you dedicated to a healthy hair regimen. However, unless you have always been a “super grower”, averaging more than ¾ inch of hair growth a month, it’s not likely that you will retain 12 inches of hair length in a year no matter how amazing your hair products or how delicately you manage your hair. Okay, so now that I’ve been somewhat of a Debbie Downer, here’s some encouraging news: It may be quite rare to retain 12 inches in the course of one year BUT you can maximize your growth. Here are a few key reminders of practices you can incorporate into your hair regimen to reduce unnecessary breakage and retain healthier hair faster. Treat the ends of your hair like fine lace. That’s right. Diligently moisturize your hair, paying particular attention to the last 3-4 inches of your hair. Moisturizing and sealing your ends will limit breakage and allow for maximum retention. Stay Hydrated and Maintain a Healthy Diet Be sure that you are drinking sufficient water and receiving necessary nutrients/vitamins. If not, your body will prioritize the health of your internal organs and will allow your hair, skin and nails to receive fewer nutrients so that your vital organs will receive what they need. Wait for Color You might want to consider waiting to dye your hair until you reach a length that is a few inches shorter than your ultimate length goal. If you do choose to color be committed to deep conditioning on a weekly basis. Setting challenging length goals should be a source of motivation, rather than a way to determine if you can “cut it” as a natural. Basing your decision to remain natural on rapid hair growth is comparable to using your hair texture as a reason for choosing to remain natural: It is something that isn’t entirely in your control.   What changes have you made in your regime to maximize length retention?   Gen Island girl raised in the most royal of NYC's boroughs. Proud nerd, social scientist, educator and recovering awkward black girl. When not listening to NPR, trying to grow spiritually, or detangling my fro, I'm searching for the best shrimp and grits in the Queen City. length retention is different from hair growth. Hair growth is always greater than length retention. it’s all mathematical :) http://www.coilsandglory.com/lets-do-the-maths-of-natural-hair-length-retention/ Oy Sometimes I wish this site could rebrand and change their name…I’m sure it has crossed the editors mind. Because having long hair is such a outdated, tired expectation on women. Also our hair grows out not down. It looks more wide that long but “Black Girl Big Hair” doesn’t cut to the point. Nat


In degrees centigrade, what is the normal body temperature?

37 Celsius - Body temperature chart | F to C 37 Celsius Search for: 37 Celsius: Body temperature measurement and unit conversions 37 °C is a value that one encounters probably more often than any other temperature reading. If you are used to the Celsius scale, you recognize it immediately. Indeed, a normal body temperature of a healthy person is in the vicinity of 37 degrees Celsius, which makes this value so special and important. For the Fahrenheit folks, you may know it as 98.6 °F (as you can easily verify using our online converter ). It is important to realize however that the 37 Celsius (or 98.6 Fahrenheit) value is essentially an averaged benchmark. What is "normal" depends on various factors, both objective and subjective. At least some of those factors should be taken into account when reaching conclusions about whether one's body temperature is normal. Some objective factors affecting our body temperature include the time of day (with the lowest temperature in the morning and the highest typically around mid-afternoon), recent exercise (you get hot after a long run for instance), a recent meal, warm and/or alcoholic drinks, etc. All of these aspects can easily make one's temperature fluctuate within one or two degrees. There are also subjective factors, such as the way body temperature is being measured, the instrument (thermometer) type being used, etc. For example, oral and under the arm readings commonly differ (oral being higher), and fast digital thermometer readings may not always be as accurate as longer liquid column thermometer measurements. Digital thermometer Liquid column thermometer To summarize, the message we would like you to keep in mind is that the "normal body temperature" is more of a range rather than a well-defined number, and it should be relied on with reasonable flexibility. We wish you to stay healthy, and in cases when you do need to take a measurement and the only thermometer you have is not marked in the units you like, here is a chart that should help. °C


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By what name is the trachea more commonly known?

The Trachea (Human Anatomy): Picture, Function, Conditions, and More Human Anatomy Picture of the Trachea © 2014 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. The trachea, commonly known as the windpipe, is a tube about 4 inches long and less than an inch in diameter in most people. The trachea begins just under the larynx (voice box) and runs down behind the breastbone (sternum). The trachea then divides into two smaller tubes called bronchi: one bronchus for each lung. The trachea is composed of about 20 rings of tough cartilage. The back part of each ring is made of muscle and connective tissue. Moist, smooth tissue called mucosa lines the inside of the trachea. The trachea widens and lengthens slightly with each breath in, returning to its resting size with each breath out. Trachea Conditions Tracheal stenosis: Inflammation in the trachea can lead to scarring and narrowing of the windpipe. Surgery or endoscopy may be needed to correct the narrowing (stenosis), if severe. Tracheoesophageal fistula : An abnormal channel forms to connect the trachea and the esophagus. Passage of swallowed food from the esophagus into the trachea causes serious lung problems. Tracheal foreign body: An object is inhaled (aspirated) and lodges in the trachea or one of its branches. A procedure called bronchoscopy is usually needed to remove a foreign body from the trachea. Tracheal cancer: Cancer of the trachea is quite rare. Symptoms can include coughing or difficulty breathing. Tracheomalacia: The trachea is soft and floppy rather than rigid, usually due to a birth defect. In adults, tracheomalacia is generally caused by injury or by smoking. Tracheal obstruction: A tumor or other growth can compress and narrow the trachea, causing difficulty breathing. A stent or surgery is needed to open the trachea and improve breathing. Trachea Tests Flexible bronchoscopy : An endoscope (flexible tube with a lighted camera on its end) is passed through the nose or mouth into the trachea. Using bronchoscopy, a doctor can examine the trachea and its branches. Rigid bronchoscopy : A rigid metal tube is introduced through the mouth into the trachea. Rigid bronchoscopy is often more effective than flexible bronchoscopy, but it requires deep anesthesia. Computed tomography ( CT scan ): A CT scanner takes a series of X-rays, and a computer creates detailed images of the trachea and nearby structures. Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI scan ): An MRI scanner uses radio waves in a magnetic field to create images of the trachea and nearby structures. Chest X-ray : A plain X-ray can tell if the trachea is deviated to either side of the chest. An X-ray might also identify masses or foreign bodies.


What are the names given to the pits in the skin from which hairs grow out of?

Folliculitis | Health | Patient Folliculitis 125 Folliculitis is an infection of the hair follicles in the skin. It is a common problem that is not usually serious. Tiny pus-filled spots (pustules) develop at the base of a hair, often in crops. Mild cases often resolve without treatment. Sometimes, antibiotic creams or tablets are needed. In recurrent cases, antiseptic skin washes can be used. What is folliculitis? Folliculitis means an inflammation or infection of the hair follicles of the skin. Most of the skin is covered with tiny hairs which grow out of hair follicles. In folliculitis, many hair follicles in one area of the skin are affected. The affected hair follicles swell into small pus-filled pimples. Each individual pimple looks like a small, rounded, yellow-red spot. Why does folliculitis occur? Most cases of folliculitis are due to an infection with a germ (bacterium) called Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). This bacterium is carried harmlessly in the noses of many people, without causing any problems. Occasionally, other germs (bacteria) are the cause of folliculitis. Folliculitis usually occurs at sites where hair follicles are damaged by friction or shaving, or where there is blockage of the follicle. Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) due to overactivity of the sweat glands can be another cause. Sometimes, using a steroid cream on the face can trigger a bout of folliculitis. The most common site affected is the beard area of men. Other common sites for folliculitis are the arms, legs, armpits and buttocks. Types of folliculitis Folliculitis can occur anywhere on hair-bearing skin. (It could not, for example, occur on the palms of the hands where there is no hair.) There are a few specific types of folliculitis that deserve a mention: Sycosis barbae - this is the medical name for a long-term (chronic) folliculitis in the beard area of the face in men. It often affects the upper lip and it can be difficult to treat. The skin is painful and crusted, with burning and itching on shaving. Numerous pustules develop in the hair follicles. Some men grow a beard to solve the problem. Hot tub folliculitis - as the name suggests, this tends to affect people who use hot tubs a lot. The hot water encourages germs (bacteria) called Pseudomonas spp. to grow (particularly if there is not enough chlorine in the water to keep it clean). Bathing in this 'soup' of bacteria can increase your risk of folliculitis. This type of folliculitis is generally harmless and is prevented by proper maintenance of hot tubs. Showering after using the hot tub does not seem to reduce the chance of folliculitis. Gram-negative folliculitis - this is a type of folliculitis that may occur after acne has been treated with long-term antibiotics. Different bacteria are involved (not staphylococci). Gram-negative refers to a type of stain that is used in a laboratory to identify different types of bacteria. Pseudo-folliculitis - this is not really a true folliculitis. It does look similar, as little lumps form at the bases of hairs. These lumps do not contain pus. They are actually due to ingrowing hairs. Sometimes this problem causes scarring. Pseudo-folliculitis is more common in people with curly or Afro-Caribbean hair. Ingrowing/ingrown hairs As mentioned above, these can cause a condition that looks like folliculitis. They are hairs that have curled around and grown back into the skin. Anyone can have ingrowing hairs (also called ingrown hairs), but they are more common in people who have very curly or coarse hair. Curly hair is more likely to bend back and re-enter the skin, especially after it's been shaved or cut. Ingrowing hairs may also be caused by dead skin cells blocking the hair growing as normal. Ingrowing hairs often irritate the skin and make a raised, red bump (or group of bumps) that looks like a little pimple. Sometimes the bump(s) can be painful. In men, ingrowing hairs often pop up as a bunch of little bumps on the chin, cheeks, or neck after they've shaved. In women they often occur on the legs or bikini area. Often an ingrowi


Where in the body would you find the cochlea and the stirrup?

What is the function of the stirrup in the human body? | Socratic What is the function of the stirrup in the human body? Start with a one sentence answer Then teach the underlying concepts Don't copy without citing sources Write a one sentence answer... Answer: I want someone to double check my answer Describe your changes (optional) 200 Cancel Jun 22, 2016 Answer: The stirrup or Stapes is actually one of the ear bones or ossicles, along with the Incus (the anvil) and the Malleus (the hammer). Explanation: The stirrup or Stapes is actually one of the ear bones or ossicles, along with the Incus (the anvil) and the Malleus (the hammer). These three bones vibrate to transfer sound waves from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the fluids in the cochlea or inner ear.


How many bones are there in a normal human hand?

Hand and Wrist - Anatomy Pictures and Information Home > Skeletal System > Bones of the Arm and Hand > Hand and Wrist Hand and Wrist The bones of the hand and wrist provide the body with support and flexibility to manipulate objects in many different ways. Each hand contains 27 distinct bones that give the hand an incredible range and precision of motion. The forearm's ulna and radius support the many muscles that manipulate the bones of the hand and wrist. Rotation of the radius around the ulna results in the supination and pronation of the hand. These bones also form the flexible wrist joint with the proximal row of the carpals.... Move up/down/left/right: Click compass arrows Rotate image: Click and drag in any direction, anywhere in the frame Identify objects: Click on them in the image Full Hand and Wrist Description [Continued from above] . . . There are eight small carpal bones in the wrist that are firmly bound in two rows of four bones each. The mass that results from these bones is called the carpus. The carpus is rounded on its proximal end, where it articulates with the ulna and radius at the wrist. The carpus is slightly concave on the palmar side, forming a canal known as the carpal tunnel through which tendons, ligaments, and nerves extend into the palm. Its distal surface articulates with the metacarpal bones, which are joined to the carpus by the palmar carpometacarpal ligaments. The five long, thin metacarpal bones of the palm extend from the carpus to each of the digits of the hand. Each metacarpal is numbered I to V with metacarpal I connecting to the bones of the thumb, II connecting to the index finger, III connecting to the ring finger, and so on. Movement of the metacarpals by tiny muscles in the hand allows the palm to be stretched, compressed, and folded as needed. The distal head of the metacarpals is rounded to form a condyloid (oval) joint with the phalanges of the fingers. These condyloid joints allow 360-degree motion of the fingers at their bases. Each of the digits of the hands contains 3 phalanges (singular: phalanx) except for the thumbs that contain only 2. The phalanges are long, slender bones that form hinge joints between each other. Phalanges that articulate with the metacarpals at the base of the digits are known as the proximal phalanges. The phalanges at the end of each digit are called the distal phalanges. In all of the digits except for the thumb the middle phalanges are found between the proximal and distal phalanges. Muscles in the forearms flex and extend the phalanges by pulling on long tendons that run through the wrist and hand. Prepared by Tim Taylor, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor


1959 Academy Awards® Winners and History Room at the Top (1959, UK) Actor: CHARLTON HESTON in "Ben-Hur" ,         Laurence Harvey in "Room at the Top", Jack Lemmon in "Some          Like It Hot" , Paul Muni in "The Last Angry Man",         James Stewart in "Anatomy of a Murder" Actress: SIMONE SIGNORET in "Room at the Top", Doris Day in "Pillow         Talk", Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story", Katharine         Hepburn in "Suddenly, Last Summer" ,         Elizabeth Taylor in "Suddenly, Last          Summer" Supporting Actor: HUGH GRIFFITH in "Ben-Hur" ,         Arthur O'Connell in "Anatomy of a Murder", George C.         Scott in "Anatomy of a Murder", Robert Vaughn in "The         Young Philadelphians", Ed Wynn in "The Diary of Anne         Frank" Supporting Actress: SHELLEY WINTERS in "The Diary of Anne Frank", Hermione         Baddeley in "Room at the Top", Susan Kohner in "Imitation         of Life", Juanita Moore in "Imitation of Life",         Thelma Ritter in "Pillow Talk" Director: WILLIAM WYLER for "Ben-Hur" ,         Jack Clayton for "Room at the Top", George Stevens         for "The Diary of Anne Frank", Billy Wilder for "Some          Like It Hot" , Fred Zinnemann for "The Nun's Story" MGM's          (producer Sam Zimbalist) and director William Wyler's three          and a half-hour long epic drama Ben-Hur (with          a spectacular sea battle and eleven minute chariot race choreographed by Yakima Canutt) broke the previous year's all-time record          of Gigi (1958). It was the most-honored motion picture          in Academy Awards history up to that time and for many years          - until 1997, with its record-breaking eleven Oscars from twelve          nominations. And it was the most expensive film of its time,          budgeted at $15 million. Ben-Hur was          a re-make of MGM's own 1926 silent film of the same name, and          the first and only re-make to have won the Best Picture          award. Both films were based on or inspired by General Lew          Wallace's novel (first published in 1880) about the rise of          Christianity. Ironically, the famed director Cecil B. DeMille,          who had made 'Ben-Hur-like' films throughout his lifetime -          without the same awards success as the 1959 winner, died the          same year (on January 21, 1959). The awards for the Best Picture film covered          the following categories: Best Picture, Best Actor (Charlton          Heston), Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), Best Director,          Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Musical          Score, Best Film Editing, Best Special Effects, and Best Costume          Design. It lost out on only a single nomination, for          Best Screenplay credited to Karl Tunberg (although other writers          included Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Christopher Frye,          and Gore Vidal). [The Best Screenplay Oscar was won by Neil          Paterson for his intelligent script for Room at the Top.] The Best Picture's competition came from less          sweeping dramas: director Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a           Murder (with seven nominations and no wins), a sensational           small-town trial and courtroom drama regarding the suspected           rape of an Army lieutenant's wife director George Stevens' The Diary of Anne           Frank (with eight nominations and three wins - Best           Supporting Actress, Best B/W Cinematography, and Best B/W           Art Direction/Set Decoration), the overproduced story of           the hiding of the Frank family in cramped conditions during           the Nazi occup


Which actor won the 1995 Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the 1999 Best Actor Oscar, currently the only two times he has been nominated?

Academy Awards Best Actor The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) );      two were consecutive nominations (from 1930/31-1931/32) Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins (Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994)); two were      consecutive nominations (from 1993-1994) Sean Penn (5) - with two wins (Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)); nominations were from 1995-2008 The Most Best Actor Nominations: Actors with the highest number of Best Actor acting      nominations (in parentheses) include: Spencer Tracy (9) - with two wins Laurence Olivier (9) - with one win (Hamlet (1948)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940) Jack Nicholson (8) - with two wins Paul Newman (8) - with one win (The Color of Money (1986)); two were       consecutive nominations (from 1981-1982) Peter O'Toole (8) - with no wins; two were consecutive      nominations (from 1968-1969); nominations from 1962-2006 Marlon Brando (7) - with two wins Dustin Hoffman (7) - with two wins Jack Lemmon (7) - with one win (Save the Tiger (1973)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1959-1960, and from 1979-1980) Paul Muni (6) - with one win (The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)); three were consecutive      nominations (from 1935-1937) Richard Burton (6) - with no wins; three were consecutive      nominations (from 1964-1966) Gary Cooper (5) - with two wins Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins Fredric March (5) - with two wins Sean Penn (5) - with two wins Daniel Day-Lewis (5) - with three wins James Stewart (5) - with one win ( Anthony Hopkins (3) - with one win ( The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ); nominations from 1991-1995 Russell Crowe (3) - with one win (Gladiator (2000)); three were      consecutive nominations (from 1999-2001) Jeff Bridges (3) - with one win (Crazy Heart (2009)); nominations from 1984-2010 George Clooney (3) - with no wins; nominations from        2007-2011 Consecutive Best Actor-Winning Performers: There are only two actresses       (Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn) who have received two consecutive Best Actress awards, as there are only two actors who have received     two consecutive Best Actor statuette wins: Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938)) Tom Hanks (Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)) [Note: Jason Robards won two consecutive Best Supporting         Actor Oscars in 1976 and 1977.] Winners of Both a Lead and Supporting Actor Oscar: In 1997, Jack Nicholson tied Walter Brennan for the      most wins (3) for a male performer (Brennan has three Best Supporting      Actor trophies, Nicholson has two for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting     Actor). The only stars to win both a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor (BSA) Oscar are the following: Jack Nicholson (BA for Gene Hackman (BA for The French Connection (1971) , BSA for Unforgiven (1992) ) Kevin Spacey (BA for American Beauty (1999), BSA for The Usual Suspects (1995)) Denzel Washington (BA for Training Day (2001), BSA for Glory (1989)) The Only Best Actor Tie: In the Best Actor category, an unusual tie (the only      occurrence among male acting performances) occurred in 1931/32 between      Wallace Beery and Fredric March, for their respective performances in The Champ (1931/32) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931/32). The Most Best Actor Oscar Nominations - Without Winning: Peter O'Toole is the only star with eight Best Actor       Oscar nominations without a single win. His record extends 44 years,       from 1962 to 2006. Richard Burton was nominated seven times (and never won), although his first nomination was as Best Supporting Actor for My Cousin Rachel (1952) -- his last six nominations were as Best Actor. Oscar-Winning Actor Roles and Trends: Biographies of remarkable, real-life individuals (military      figures or soldiers, law-and-order enforcers, historical figures) and      portrayals of the mentally ill are heavily represented among male Oscar      winners, particularly in the acting awards. It helps an


Who won a Best Supporting Actress Award in 1998 for a performance of less than 8 minutes of screen time?

Oscars fast facts Home » fastfacts » Oscars fast facts Oscars fast facts The shortest Oscar ceremony ever was the first, held in 1929; it lasted only about 15 minutes as all the winners had been announced three months earlier. The longest Oscar awards ceremony was in 2000, running for 4 hours and 16 minutes – beating a previous record by 16 minutes. Bob Hope has hosted the Oscars 18 times; Billy Crystal is in second place with 8 times. Tom Hanks is the youngest recipient of the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received in 2002 at age 45. Kate Winslet received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 30. Elizabeth Taylor received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 28. Gone with the Wind, at 3 hours and 56 minutes, was the longest film to have won a Best Picture Oscar; it was also the first film in color to win Best Picture. The 1968 movie, War and Peace, was the longest film (431 minutes) to an Academy Award – for best Foreign picture. Julia Phillips was the first female producer to win Best Picture award, for The Sting (1973). The first female to win the Best Director award was Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008). Henry Fonda was first nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1941 for his role in The Grapes of Wrath but had to wait 41 years before he finally achieved a win in 1982 for his role in On Golden Pond. At 76, he is the oldest actor yet to have received the Best Actor award. The oldest actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy – at 81 she won the Best Actress Oscar in 1990 for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy. Anthony Quinn’s performance as painter Paul Gaugin in Lust for Life (1956) is the shortest ever to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, his second Oscar. He was on screen for only 8 minutes. (He won a similar award in 1952 playing opposite Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan’s Viva Zapata!) The shortest-ever winning performance for Best Supporting Actress belongs to Beatrice Straight, who won an Oscar in 1976 for her 5 minutes 40 seconds appearance as devastated wife Louise Schumacher in Network. Dame Judi Dench won an Oscar in 1998 for less than 8 minutes of screen time playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love. The shortest-ever Best Actor Oscar-winning performance was awarded to David Niven in 1958, having appeared for only 15 minutes and 38 seconds in Separate Tables. The second-shortest winning appearance was made by Anthony Hopkins in 1992, for less than 16 minutes of screen time as Dr Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. In 1948, Jane Wyman won Best Actress award without uttering a word; she played the role of a deaf -mute person in the movie Johnny Belinda. The fewest lines actually spoken by an Oscar-winning actress won Patty Duke a Best Actress in a Supporting Role portraying the deaf and blind Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker. In the role she speaks only one word in the last scene: “Wah-wah” (for “water”). In 1993, Holly Hunter won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a deaf person in the movie The Piano but she narrated a few scenes and does speak (although her face is covered) in the last scene of the film. The films with the most Oscar wins are Ben-Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, each winning 11 Oscars from 12, 14 and 11 nominations respectively. See more in the  lists of Oscar winners . In total, the Middle-earth series (The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) – and the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) won 17 Oscars out of 33 nominations. William Wyler has directed more actors to Academy Award success than any other, with 34 nominations and 14 wins. Jack Nicholson leads the Best Actor Academy Award category with wins from 11 nominations, followed by Laurence Olivier, nominated 10 times and receiving one Best Actor award, and then Spencer Tracy with nine nominations resulting in two awards. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most Best Actor awards, with 3 awards (1989, 2007, 2012). Meryl Streep had more Best


As at 2003, how many women have won a Best Director Oscar?

Will This Be A Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards? Will This Be A Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards? {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Full Bio The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Loading ... Loading ... This story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe In 86 years, only four women have been nominated for a best director Oscar. Only one, Kathryn Bigelow, has won. Lina Wertmuller was the first woman nominated for the 1976 film, Seven Beauties. Jane Campion was number two for the 1993 film, The Piano. Sofia Coppola is number three for the 2003 film, Lost in Translation, and number four is the only one to make it to the podium, Kathryn Bigelow for her film The Hurt Locker. As you can tell from these very low numbers it is very difficult for a woman to garner a best director nomination. There are several reasons for this. One reason is the low number of women in the directing branch. The way that you get an Oscar nomination is that the individual branch members nominate you. Of the over 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, only 377 are members of the directing branch. And, only 36 of those 371 people are women. That's under 10%. The second reason is that many women -- though not all women as exemplified by Kathryn Bigelow -- make movies about women. These movies are never seen to have the gravitas as movies about men. In 2014, only two of the nine films nominated for best picture -- Gravity and Philomena -- told stories about women, and none of those nine were directed by a woman. In 2013, again there were nine best picture nominations, and two -- Beasts of a Southern Wild and Zero Dark Thirty -- had women (one has a girl) as the central character. And keep in mind that Kathryn Bigelow who won many critics awards as best director for that film was passed over by the Academy for her second nomination. When she makes a movie about men at war she gets the win, but when she makes a movie about war with a central female character she gets snubbed. Ava DuVernay on the set of Selma But this year could be a breakthrough year for women directors. I know it is overly optimistic and a tad delusional to think that women could get two nominations for best director, but there are two women -- Angelina Jolie for Unbroken and Ava DuVernay for Selma -- who should get HARD looks come awards time. The fact that both women have made movies about men will just enhance their chances of getting noticed. Angelina Jolie, arguably, has had the best year of her career. As an actress she was able to propel Maleficent to great box office heights -- this past weekend it crossed $500 million worldwide at the box office. She just co-convened an international conference on sex crimes in war, and was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth.  But it will be her film Unbroken based on the best selling book of the same name by Laura that will get Jolie into the Oscar conversation as a potential best director. The movie just screams Oscar. It was written by Joel and Ethan Coen with additional writing credits to William Nicholson and Richard LaGravenese. And it's a story about a man who survived incredible odds. Here's the imdb description: "A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II." And keep in mind that Jolie is not a directing novice. She made the really terrific and underseen film In the Land of Blood and Honey about the Bosnian war in 2011. Ava DuVernay started her career as a film publicist. But she had stories to tell so she became a director. She made two small, beautiful films, I Will Follow and Middle of Nowhere -- for which she won best director at Sundance. Both are stories about women we don't get to see often on our big screens. She also is the brains behind AFFRM - African American Film Festival Releasing Movem


In what year was the best foreign film category introduced to the Academy Awards?

1956 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Ten Commandments            (1956) Actor: YUL BRYNNER in "The King and I" ,         James Dean in "Giant", Kirk Douglas in "Lust for         Life", Rock Hudson in "Giant", Laurence Olivier         in "Richard III" Actress: INGRID BERGMAN in "Anastasia", Carroll Baker in "Baby          Doll" , Katharine Hepburn in "The Rainmaker",         Nancy Kelly in "The Bad Seed", Deborah Kerr in "The          King and I" Supporting Actor: ANTHONY QUINN in "Lust for Life", Don Murray in "Bus         Stop", Anthony Perkins in "Friendly Persuasion",         Mickey Rooney in "The Bold and the Brave", Robert Stack         in "Written on the Wind" Supporting Actress: DOROTHY MALONE in "Written on the Wind" ,         Mildred Dunnock in "Baby Doll" ,         Eileen Heckart in "The Bad Seed", Mercedes McCambridge         in "Giant", Patty McCormack in "The Bad Seed" Director: GEORGE STEVENS for "Giant", Michael Anderson for "Around         the World in 80 Days", Walter Lang for "The          King and I" , King Vidor for "War and Peace",         William Wyler for "Friendly Persuasion" This          was the year that the regular competitive category of Best          Foreign Language film was introduced, instead of only being          recognized as a special achievement Honorary Award or as a          Best Picture nominee (as in 1938). The nominees were from West          Germany, France, Japan, Italy, and Denmark. The first winner          in this new category was Federico Fellini's La Strada with          Anthony Quinn and a second nomination for Original Screenplay.          Its win would help to create an interest in foreign-language          films - with subtitles. Another Fellini film, The Nights           of Cabiria (1957) would win the Best Foreign Language          Film Oscar in the following year. This was also the first year that all          of the five Best Picture nominees were in color. Another possible trend, signaled by the victory          of Marty (1955) , toward simpler,          shorter, intimate dramas, did not occur again in 1956.          Instead, there was the splashy emergence of wide-scale, expensive          super-epics (colorful dramas, musicals, comedies, and costume          pieces) all at least two hours long - mostly to compete with          the resurgence of television. All of the major awards winners were gigantic          - Mike Todd's Around the World in 80 Days, The           King and I , Anastasia, Giant, De Mille's The            Ten Commandments - the highest grossing film of the          year, King Vidor's War and Peace, and Wyler's Friendly           Persuasion. [And the trend toward blockbusters and colorful          spectaculars was established for years to come. The next three          Best Picture winners proved the point: Ben-Hur           (1959) .] This was only the second time in Oscar's          long history that the top six prizes (Best Picture, Director,          Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress) went          to six different films. It also occurred in 1952 and wouldn't          occur again until another 49 years later - in 2005! The Best Picture nominees for 1956 included: the exciting globe-trotting travelogue Around           the World in 80 Days (with eight nominations and five           Oscars - Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Color           Cinematography, Best Music Score (Victor Young - his first Oscar,           won posthumously after 19 previous nominations), and Best           Film Editing), the three hour epic and adaptation           of


What was the name of author A. A. Milne's son, the name of whom he used in his Winnie The Pooh books?

A.A. Milne - Writer - Biography.com A.A. Milne English writer A.A. Milne is best known for his children's stories about the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh. IN THESE GROUPS “No sensible author wants anything but praise.” “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” A.A. Milne Synopsis British author A.A. Milne was born in London, England, on January 18, 1882. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch, Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. His best known works are his two collections of children's poetry, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six, and his two books of stories about the lovable bear Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends. Milne died on January 31, 1956. Early Life and Education A.A. Milne was born Alan Alexander Milne on January 18, 1882, in London, England. He and his two older brothers were raised in London by their parents, Sarah Marie (née Heginbotham) and John Vine Milne, the headmaster of a private school named Henley House. Milne was educated at Westminster School in London and at the University of Cambridge's Trinity College. While at Cambridge, he studied mathematics and also edited and wrote for the student magazine Granta. Realizing that writing was his true vocation, he moved to London after his graduation in 1903. He began writing for the literary magazine Punch in 1906, and his essays and humorous poetry were published in the magazine through 1914. Wartime Service and Literary Success Despite being a pacifist, in 1915, Milne served in World War I, enlisting in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and then working in the Royal Corps of Signals. He was discharged in 1919 and settled in London with his wife, Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt (whom he had married in 1913). Their son, Christopher Robin, was born in 1920. During his military service, Milne had written his first play, a one-act farce titled Wurzel-Flummery. After the war, he achieved success as a playwright. His comedies of the early 1920s, including Mr. Pim Passes By (1921) and The Dover Road (1921), were enthusiastically received by critics and audiences. He also penned a detective novel titled The Red House Mystery, published in 1922. In 1929 he wrote a stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book The Wind in the Willows, titled Toad of Toad Hall. 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and Other Children's Literature In 1924, Milne applied his long-time talent for light verse to a collection of children's poems titled When We Were Very Young. This book included poems such as "Buckingham Palace" and "Halfway Down," which were inspired by his 4-year-old son's pastimes. In 1927, Milne wrote a second volume of verse for young readers, titled Now We Are Six. Milne's greatest and enduring successes, however, were his books Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). These two volumes told the adventures of a young boy named Christopher Robin, after Milne's own son (Christopher Robin Milne), and his animal playmates, who were inspired by the real Christopher Robin's stuffed toys. A bear named Winnie-the-Pooh was the central character, accompanied by fussy Rabbit, gloomy donkey Eeyore, bouncy tiger Tigger, kind kangaroo Kanga and her baby Roo, wise Owl and shy Piglet. The adventures of Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, illustrated by artist Ernest H. Shepard, were all best-sellers and made Milne a household name. Later Years In the 1930s and '40s, A.A. Milne returned to writing for adults, publishing novels, short-story collections and a non-fiction, anti-war book entitled Peace with Honour. He wrote his autobiography, It's Too Late Now, in 1939. Milne suffered from illness in the early 1950s and died at his home in Hartfield, East Sussex, England, on January 31, 1956. Winnie-the-Pooh and the other characters of the Pooh stories have lived on as iconic figures in children's literature. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation I


Leprechauns: Facts About the Irish Trickster Fairy Leprechauns: Facts About the Irish Trickster Fairy By Benjamin Radford, Live Science Contributor | June 20, 2013 08:19pm ET MORE An unidentified man in a St. Patrick's Day parade waving at the crowd wearing a green leprechaun hat and laughing March 17, 2012, Cork, Ireland. Credit: Peter O'Toole | Shutter Leprechauns are a type of fairy, though it's important to note that the fairies of Irish folklore were not cute Disneyfied pixies; they could be lustful, nasty, capricious creatures whose magic might delight you one day and kill you the next if you displeased them. Leprechauns are often described as wizened, bearded old men dressed in green (early versions were clad in red) and wearing buckled shoes, often with a leather apron. Sometimes they wear a pointed cap or hat and may be smoking a pipe. Leprechaun lore In their book "The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures," John and Caitlin Matthews trace leprechaun legends back to eighth-century legends of water spirits called "luchorpán," meaning small body. These sprites eventually merged with a mischievous household fairy said to haunt cellars and drink heavily. Other researchers say that the word leprechaun may be derived from the Irish leath bhrogan, meaning shoemaker. Indeed, though leprechauns are often associated with riches and gold, in folklore their main vocation is anything but glamorous: they are humble cobblers, or shoemakers. Shoemaking is apparently a lucrative business in the fairy world, since each leprechaun is said to have his own pot of gold, which can often be found at the end of a rainbow. According to Irish legends, people lucky enough to find a leprechaun and capture him (or, in some stories, steal his magical ring, coin or amulet) can barter his freedom for his treasure. Leprechauns are usually said to be able to grant the person three wishes. But dealing with leprechauns can be a tricky proposition. A trickster The leprechaun plays several roles in Irish folklore; he is principally a roguish trickster figure who cannot be trusted and will deceive whenever possible. In her encyclopedia "Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins," folklorist Carol Rose offers a typical tale of leprechaun trickery "concerning a man who managed to get a leprechaun to show him the bush in the field where his treasure was located. Having no spade [shovel], the man marked the tree with one of his red garters, then kindly released the sprite and went for a spade. Returning almost instantly he found that every one of the numerous trees in the field sported a red garter!" In the magical world, most spirits, fairies and other creatures have a distinctive sound that is associated with them. Some entities — such as the Irish fairy banshee and the Hispanic spirit La Llorona — are said to emit a mournful wail signifying their presence. In the case of the leprechaun, it's the tap-tap-tapping of his tiny cobbler hammer, driving nails into shoes, that announces they are near. In his collection of Irish fairy and folk tales, W.B. Yeats offered an 18th-century poem by William Allingham titled "The Lepracaun; Or, Fairy Shoemaker" which describes the sound: "Lay your ear close to the hill. Do you not catch the tiny clamour, Busy click of an elfin hammer, Voice of the Lepracaun singing shrill As he merrily plies his trade?" The 1825 publication of a book called "Fairy Legends" seemingly cemented the character of the modern leprechaun: "Since that time leprechauns seem to be entirely male and solitary," they note. It seems that all leprechauns are not only shoemakers but also old male loners, which makes sense from a cultural standpoint, since that type of fairy is so closely associated with shoemaking, a traditionally male vocation. Though there is something curious about all leprechauns being cobblers (what if they want to be writers, farmers, or doctors?), this designation also fits in well with the traditional folkloric division of labor among fairies. Leprechauns in popular culture As with many old legends and traditions, the ima


Lanzarote and Tenerife are part of which group of islands?

Cruising the Canaries: La Palma, Tenerife and Lanzarote – On the Luce travel blog Cruising the Canaries: La Palma, Tenerife and Lanzarote Last updated on August 31, 2016 Volcanoes, black sand beaches and winter sun holidays – that was pretty much the extent of my knowledge of the Canary Islands. But as part of my cruise on board P&O Cruises’ ship Britannia , I got the chance to visit three of the islands and found out that there’s a lot more to them. The Canaries are a unique group of islands. They’re part of Spain but are actually far closer to Morocco (60 miles away versus 600 miles). They were formed by underwater volcanoes that erupted millions of years ago. They’re subtropical with long warm summers and mild winters. But what I didn’t realise was just how different they are. There are seven Canary Islands, with famous names Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria as well the lesser-known La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. They’re surprisingly varied – the landscapes, architecture and even the climate can be totally different between islands only a few hours apart. So a cruise was a good way to island-hop and get a taste of the Canaries in La Palma, Tenerife and Lanzarote. Arrecife’s Museo Historica La Palma Our first port of call was the island of La Palma. It’s the furthest north of the Canaries and the steepest and rockiest, with sharp peaks jutting up along the coastline. The ‘Isla Bonita’ hasn’t had much major development over the years so still has a traditional feel and peaceful atmosphere. We took a walk around the capital Santa Cruz de la Palma, where you can catch a glimpse of what life was like in its glory days as one of the Spanish Empire’s most important ports. The cobbled Calle Real is lined with old colonial merchants’ houses, Renaissance churches and pretty squares. Along the waterside Avenida Maritima we found a row of colourful houses that looked like they’d come from the Caribbean, with carved wooden balconies practically groaning with the weight of flowers. The town has a few museums, galleries and churches, but it’s also perfect to just wander around or sit in a pavement café and watch the world go by. What else to do: Tour a replica of Columbus’ ship the Santa Maria, visit the Iglesia De El Salvador, check out the Flemish art at the Museo Bellas Artes, walk around the crater of the Caldera de Taburiente. Wooden balconies on the Avenida Maritima La Palma harbour Tenerife Our second stop was in Tenerife, the biggest Canary Island. It’s famous for its beach resorts, but we headed to the north of the island to explore its greener side. Tenerife gets plenty of sunshine so the south is as dry as you’d expect from somewhere the same latitude as the Sahara Desert. But the trade winds condense humidity over the north so there’s more rainfall and areas like the Ortavia Valle are surprisingly green. The island has over 1400 different plant species, 100 of which aren’t found anywhere else in the world. Our garden tour started with some of them in the Botanic Gardens. It’s a lush green oasis filled with shady palm trees, exotic flowers, ponds full of waterlilies and lizards basking on the rocks. Even more colourful was the nearby Orchid Garden Sitio Litre, Tenerife’s oldest garden. A historic mansion is surrounded by fountains and a rainbow of beautiful orchids. It’s all very different to what you’d expect from a rocky volcanic island. What else to do: Visit Mount Teide National Park and get the cable car to the top of Spain’s highest mountain, hike the Masca Gorge, take a whale-watching boat trip, explore historic former capital La Laguna. The Botanic Garden and Sitio Litre Orchid Garden Waterlilies in the Botanic Gardens Lanzarote After the rocky peaks of the other islands, Lanzarote’s dusty landscape felt like being transported to the Moon. It’s closest to Africa and has a dramatic mix of volcanoes, red and black beaches and lava tubes. One of the lava tubes makes up the quirky Jameos del Agua nightclub and concert venue, part of our tour of the north of the island. It’s the work of local art


Miles "Tails" Prower | Sonic News Network | Fandom powered by Wikia I've changed a lot since I started hanging out with Sonic , but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! — Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic Adventure [6] Miles Prower (マイルス・パウアー, Mairusu Pauā ? ), better known by his nickname, Tails (テイルス, Teirusu ? ), is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series . He is an anthropomorphic fox cub born exclusively with two twin-tails, hence his nickname. Because of his abnormality, Tails was the subject of bullying during his youth. One day, however, he met Sonic the Hedgehog and was inspired to become as cool as him after seeing him run like the wind. Tails soon after began following Sonic on his adventures and has since become his best friend and sidekick. He is able to use his twin-tails to fly by rotating them like helicopter rotors and is a mechanic genius and aerial pilot. A gentle and sweet-natured soul, Tails was initially timid and lacked courage. After meeting Sonic, however, Tails has become more confident, eventually growing into a more outgoing, brave and independent individual, and a hero in his own right. Since encountering Sonic, Tails has looked up to him and stood by his side, helping him however he can during their adventures. Contents [ show ] Concept and creation The concept for Tails was founded during the development of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 . After some discussion about making a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) , portions of Sonic Team went to work with Sega of America 's Sega Technical Institute . A new element they wanted to introduce was a new character that would both serve as a sidekick to Sonic the Hedgehog and draw attention and new players to the franchise. An internal contest was held at STI which Yasushi Yamaguchi , originally the main artist and zone designer for Sega 's Sonic Team , won. Yamaguchi originally created Ray the Squirrel (who would only appear in SegaSonicArcade) [7] to be used as a sidekick, but designed Tails for the internal competition after Sega of Japan rejected the Flying Squirrel idea. The character was meant to hold a "deep admiration for Sonic." [8] The name 'Miles Prower' played on a speed pun (miles per hour) and was originally intended to be a tanuki, a raccoon-like canine native to east Asia, and extremely popular in Japanese folklore. The designers decided to change him to a fox, however, to avoid possible comparisons with Mario , who at the time had a power up called the Tanooki Suit, which allowed him to fly, and made him look like a tanuki. His entry won, but Sonic Team decided to change his character's name from "Miles" to "Tails" in which Yamaguchi was not too pleased at all about. Yamaguchi ended up with a compromise: he put the name "Miles" in as his legal name; "Tails" would be his nickname, ending up with the full name of Miles "Tails" Prower. The character debuted as Sonic's tag-along partner in the franchise's second game, and has remained an important character. However Tails' uniqueness was not established until Sonic the Hedgehog 3 when players were allowed to control his flying. [9] Tails was redesigned (along with all of the other Sonic characters) by Yuji Uekawa for Sonic Adventure. Tails' redesign saw him having his fur color changed to a slightly orange shade of yellow, and he gained visible blue irises. He also became slightly slimmer and taller. He also gained a more streamlined appearance with slightly more rounded ears as well as longer tails, which are used as his main form of attack, most notably the Tail Swipe . Later on, between Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Unleashed , he was made taller, given darker blue eyes, and receiving a few scratches on the front of his shoes. Appearance Tails is a young, anthropomorphic fox cub with a unique mutation of two tails instead of one. He has mostly yellow-orange fur with white fur around his muzzle, front torso, and the tips of his tails. He also has blue eyes. Typically, his attire consists simply of white gloves and red shoes with white toes. History Early lif


Walter Fredrick Morrison sold the rights to his Pluto Platter in 1955, but under what name did this toy become popular?

The History of the Frisbee - Who Invented the Frisbee? The History of the Frisbee By Mary Bellis Updated August 13, 2016. Every object has a history, and behind that history an inventor. Sometimes who was first can be a topic for hot debate. Often several people independent of each other will all think of the same good idea at around the same time and will later argue "No it was me, I thought of it first." For example, many people have claimed to have invented the Frisbee. The legend behind the “Frisbee” name The Frisbie Baking Company (1871-1958) of Bridgeport, Connecticut, made pies that were sold to many New England colleges. Hungry college students soon discovered that the empty pie tins could be tossed and caught, providing endless hours of game and sport. Many colleges have claimed to be the home of 'he who was first to fling.' Yale College has even argued that in 1820 a Yale undergraduate named Elihu Frisbie grabbed a passing collection tray from the chapel and flung it out into the campus, thereby becoming the true inventor of the Frisbie and winning glory for Yale. continue reading below our video Should I Buy my House or Continue to Rent? That tale is unlikely to be true since the words “Frisbie's Pies” was embossed in all the original pie tins and it was from the word “Frisbie” that the common name for the toy was coined. Early inventors In 1948, a Los Angeles building inspector named Walter Frederick Morrison and his partner Warren Franscioni invented a plastic version of the Frisbie that could fly further and with better accuracy than a tin pie plate. Morrison's father was also an inventor, who invented the automotive sealed-beam headlight. Another interesting tidbit was that Morrison had just returned to America after World War II, where he had been a prisoner in the infamous Stalag 13. His partnership with Warren Franscioni, who was also a war veteran, ended before their product had achieved any real success. The word 'Frisbee' is pronounced the same as the word “Frisbie.” Rich Knerr (Wham-O) was in search of a catchy new name to help increase sales after hearing about the original use of the terms “Frisbie” and “Frisbie-ing.” He borrowed from the two words to create the registered trademark “Frisbee.” Soon after, sales soared for the toy, due to Wham-O's clever marketing of Frisbee playing as a new sport . In 1964, the first professional model went on sale. Ed Headrick was the inventor at Wham-O who patented Wham-O's designs for the modern frisbee (U.S. patent 3,359,678). Ed Headrick's Frisbee, with its band of raised ridges called the Rings of Headrick, had stablized flight as opposed to the wobbly flight of its predecessor the Pluto Platter. Headrick, who invented the Wham-O Superball that sold over twenty-million units, held the utility patent for the modern day Frisbee, which has sold over two hundred million units to date. Mr. Headrick led the advertising program, new products program, was vice president of research and development, executive vice president, general manager and also served as CEO for Wham-O Incorporated over a ten-year period. The patent drawing at the top of this article is from U.S. patent 3,359,678 and was issued to Headrick on December 26, 1967. Today, the fifty-year-old Frisbee is owned by Mattel Toy Manufacturers, one of at least sixty manufacturers of flying discs. Wham-O sold over one hundred million units before selling the toy to Mattel.


What item of food inspired the idea for the computer game pac man?

pacmanmuseum.com - Pac-Man Creator Toru Iwatani Biography   Pac-Man Creator Toru Iwatani Biography Toru Iwatani (born January 25, 1955) is a Japanese video game designer and created one of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man. Iwatani was born in the Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan. In 1977, at the age of 22, Iwatani joined Namco Ltd, a computer software company in Tokyo that produces video games. Game designer Toru Iwatani is totally self-taught, without any formal training in computers, visual arts, or graphic design. Namco Limited, whose main product lines at the time were projection-based amusement rides and light gun shooting galleries. Iwatani had expected that his job would involve working on pinball machines, and was initially disappointed that he would instead have to work on these strange, clinical 'video-games' instead. By way of compromise, Gee Bee (1978) was a heavily pinball-inspired paddle game, as were his next two designs (presumably developed by modifying Gee Bee), Bomb Bee and Cutie Q (both 1979). Iwatani wished to create a game that would target women and couples; his goal was for game centers to shed their somewhat sinister image for a lighter atmosphere, and he believed that the key to doing that was to get girls to come in. Toru Iwatani - around 1980 Programmers at Work The legend tells that Iwatani's eureka moment came when he removed a slice of pizza from a pie, creating the visual inspiration for his next big thing. It was in this moment that, according to Iwatani, Pac-Man was officially born. Now that he had the look, he needed that special something to attract his target audience. After listening to girls talk to one another, Iwatani determined that food and eating would be the way to get the girls in the arcade halls. He came up with the idea for "Puck-Man" and around 1978, he, along with Shigeo Funaki (programmer), Toshio Kai (sound and music), a hardware engineer and a cabinet designer produced the game, taking it from concept to finished product. Within 18 months, Iwatani and his team created a game that would change the games world. After many experiments, he came up with Pac-Man chomping his way through food placed around a maze, and being chased by ghosts. The four ghosts - Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde, as they were known outside Japan - were based on Obake no Q-Taro, a famous cartoon ghost. But bat-and-ball games were already on the way out, and Taito's introduction of Space Invaders in 1979 began an industry-wide shift towards shoot-'em-up games (indeed, Namco were quick to stake their claim in this territory with the Galaxian/Galaga series). Observing that there was too little variety to prevent this schmup-craze from eventually going the same way as the paddle games, Iwatani wanted to try to take his next game in another direction. He wanted to make a game that did not focus on conflict, and would be appealing to male and female audiences. The underlying theme he chose for his new game was 'eating' and the result was Puckman, later to be renamed Pac-Man. "Puck-Man" was released to the Japanese public on May 22, 1980 where it became a huge success. It caught the attention of arcade-game manufacturer Midway, who bought the United States rights for the game and released the game in the U.S. as "Pac-Man", for fear that kids may deface a Puck-Man cabinet by changing the 'P' to an 'F'. Due to its innovative concept and continuing international popularity, it is regarded as one of the all-time classic video games. Iwatani went on to create a few other video games, including Ridge Racer, Time Crisis and Libble Rabble, but none of them reached the amount of success that Pac-Man did. He was promoted within the ranks of Namco, eventually being responsible for overseeing the administration of the company. In a VH-1 Game Break interview, Iwatani said he did not personally profit from the creation of Pac-Man, saying, "The truth of the matter is, there were no rewards per se for the success of Pac-Man. I was just an employee. There was no change in my salary, no bonus, no official c


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Barbie is dating again, this time it's a hunky Australian - Jun. 29, 2004 Aussie hunk wins Barbie's heart Mattel says popular doll finds new love from Australia to replace the dumped Ken. June 29, 2004: 11:41 AM EDT By Joseph Lee, CNN/Money Staff Writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -      If Britney and J. Lo can replace love so easily, so can Barbie.   Blaine doll, left, is Barbie's new love. The popular doll from Mattel Inc. ( MAT : down $0.16 to $18.09, Research , Estimates ) has a new love in her life, an Australian surfer named Blaine, the world's largest toymaker said Tuesday. Over the past few weeks, Mattel said more than 2 million people worldwide logged on to Barbie.com to help the world's most famous plastic-looking girl choose a new beau after Ken, her previous long-term boyfriend, was ditched earlier this year. The Blaine doll was the undisputed winner, the company said. After 43 years as one of the world's best-looking couples, Mattel announced the breakup of Barbie and Ken in February. But some experts saw the move by Mattel was purely "a publicity stunt." "It's certainly getting grown-ups like you talking about Barbie, and the metaphor that they are using reflects the majority of people's fascination with celebrity," said Chris Byrne, an independent toy consultant. Weak U.S. doll sales and a lackluster retail environment have hurt Mattel's profits recently. Adding some new romance to Barbie's closely watched personal life, Mattel not only raises Barbie's profile but also the awareness of Mattel's brand name, he said. "On one level, the Hollywood-like romance is tongue-in-cheek. But on the other level, it means serious business," Byrne added. Mattel reported in April that first-quarter profit dropped 73 percent on lower sales of its Barbie doll brand and higher administrative and sales costs, despite an increase in overall worldwide sales. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Manage alerts | What is this? Mattel also gave a murky outlook, saying it wouldn't be clear until 2005 whether new merchandising strategies were effective. Despite their highly publicized breakup, Mattel said Barbie and Ken remain friends and will make an appearance in an upcoming film. The popular Mattel doll, created and named "Barbie Millicent Roberts" in 1959, has played every role from a nurse to pop music idol, and she's available for sale in more than 150 countries, according to the toy company. Mattel said the Blaine doll will be available in August at a suggested retail price of $14.95.