dablink For the Marvel Comics character, see Sin Eater comics dablink For the 2003 film, see The Sin Eater dablink For the 2007 film, see The Last Sin Eater film dablink For the characters in the White Wolf role playing game, see Geist The Sin Eaters The term sin eater refers to a person who, through ... needed date February 2007 History Although the figure of the sin eater has had various references ... sin eater of the area ref cite news url http www.bbc.co.uk news uk england shropshire 11360659 title Last sin eater to be celebrated with church service date 19 September 2010 accessdate 2010 09 ..., the sin eater took upon themselves the sins of the deceased . The speech was written ... S. Puckle mentions the sin eater blockquote Professor Evans of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, actually saw a sin eater about the year 1825, who was then living near Llanwenog , Ceredigion Cardiganshire . Abhorred by the superstitious villagers as a thing unclean, the sin eater cut himself ..., a loaf of bread was given to the sin eater over the corpse, also a maga bowl of maple, full ... Encyclopaedia Britannica ref blockquote Sin eater in popular culture An episode of Rod ... is forced to play the role of sin eater at the wake of his father who had been sin eater for the area . The fare laid out for this sin eater went well beyond bread and beer. ref http www.nightgallery.net ... , is about a sin eater who recalls the life of his uncle while performing a sin eating ceremony for the family ... and Doc Marten comic stories by Christopher Sequeira is about a sin eating ceremony. Sin Eater ... eater is ostracized by the crew, prompting a brief discussion between the characters Dr. Maturin and Lieutenant ... film The Order starring Heath Ledger deals with a sin eater in Rome in the modern day. The 2009 Lorelei Shannon novel Possum Kingdom Novel Possum Kingdom features a sin eater as a character central to the story. Mexican Wrestler Cybernetico is nicknamed devorador de pecados or sin eater in Spanish ... more details
In Celtic mythology , a Joint eater is a type of fairy who sits invisibly and consumes half of their victim s food. ref name autogenerated1 Katharine Mary Briggs Briggs, Katharine Mary 1976 An Encyclopedia of Fairies . New York, Pantheon Books . Joint eater p. 243 ISBN 0 394 73467 X. ref It is also known as an Alp Luachra in Ireland . A man haunted by a joint eater will never grow fat, because the pith or quintessence of the food is consumed by the fairy. ref name Kirk Cite book last Kirk first Robert coauthors Lang, Andrew title The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies publisher Forgotten Books location Aberfoyle, Scotland date 28 December 2007 series Easy Reading Series pages 71. ref People who consume newts are thought to be plagued in this way. A folk remedy states that to rid one s self of an Alp Luachra, one should eat a large quantity of salt beef, without drinking anything, and then lay by a running stream with mouth wide open. After a long wait, the Alp Luachra will become thirsty, and will jump into the stream to drink. ref name autogenerated1 References reflist Fairies DEFAULTSORT Joint Eater Category Celtic mythology Category Celtic legendary creatures Celt myth stub ... more details
Algae eater is a common name for many bottom dwelling fish that feed on algae . Algae eaters are important for the fishkeeping hobby and many are commonly kept by hobbyists. Some of the common and most popular freshwater algae eaters include ref http www.aquariumslife.com algae control best algae eaters ref Fishes of the genus Gyrinocheilus , family Gyrinocheilidae . There are three species in this genus with the Chinese algae eater , Gyrinocheilus aymonieri , the most common. Small specimens make good community fish but may become territorial when older. The Siamese algae eater, Crossocheilus siamensis , is a more gregarious and tolerant cyprinid that ranges up to 15 cm. It is the only fish that will graze on Audouinella black brush algae freshwater Rhodophyta , or red alga e , but even so will eat anything else in preference. American flag fish, Jordanella floridae , are also dependable algae eating fish. Many Loricariidae loricariid catfish of South America, such as genera Otocinclus , Ancistrus , and Plecostomus , constantly graze algae and biofilm , although many species of plecos , which attain an adult length of over 10 inches, eat much less frequently as they near adulthood. Some freshwater shrimp are also excellent algae eaters. One shrimp well known for its ability to clean an aquarium is the Caridina japonica Amano Shrimp . Most species of freshwater snail s, discounting most adult specimens of species belonging to the family Ampullariidae , which primarily subsist on aquatic plants as adults. Some of the common and most popular saltwater algae eaters include ref http www.aquariumslife.com algae control saltwater algae eater ref Rabbitfish which eat most algae, including cyanobacteria , diatoms , and hair algae. Sea urchin s. Some snail species such as the Turbo, Astraea , Turban and Nerite snails. ref http www.aquariumslife.com category snails ref Surgeon fish or tangs are also known for their appetite for algae. Aquarium DEFAULTSORT Algae Eater Category ... more details
Infobox Film name The Fire Eater image image size caption director B. Reeves Eason producer writer Ralph Cummins br Harvey Gates narrator starring Hoot Gibson music cinematography Alfred H. Lathem editing distributor Universal Studios Universal Pictures released 24 December 1921 runtime 50 minutes country Film US language Silent film Silent br English language English intertitles budget preceded by followed by The Fire Eater is a 1921 Western genre Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and featuring Hoot Gibson . ref name silentera cite web url http www.silentera.com PSFL data F FireEater1921.html title Progressive Silent Film List The Fire Eater accessdate 2009 02 09 work Silent Era ref Cast Hoot Gibson Bob Corey Louise Lorraine Martha McCarthy Walter Perry Jim O Neil Thomas G. Lingham Jacob Lemar as Tom Lingham Fred Lancaster Wolf Roselli Carmen Phillips Marie Roselli George Berrell Day McCarthy Bradley Ward Marty Frame as W. Bradley Ward George A. Williams Mort Frame See also List of American films of 1921 Hoot Gibson filmography References reflist External links imdb title id 0012171 title The Fire Eater DEFAULTSORT Fire Eater, The Category 1921 films Category American films Category American silent feature films Category Films directed by B. Reeves Eason Category 1920s Western films Category Universal Pictures films Category Black and white films silent western film stub ... more details
Infobox D&D creature name Spider Eater alignment type Magical beast Dungeons & Dragons Magical beast subtype source first mythical based wizards image URL http www.wizards.com dnd images MM35 gallery MM35 PG234.jpg OGL stats URL http www.systemreferencedocuments.org 35 sovelior sage monstersS.html spider eater In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game , the spider eater is an ugly, insect like Magical beast Dungeons & Dragons magical beast . Publication history The spider eater appeared in the third edition Monster Manual 2000 , ref Skip Williams Williams, Skip , Jonathan Tweet , and Monte Cook . Monster Manual . Wizards of the Coast , 2000 ref and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual 2003 . Description Spider eaters are large, 10 feet long and 4 feet tall, and somewhat resemble a wasp or a bee , despite only having two legs. The colors of a spider eater are horribly mismatched the head, legs and stinger are red, the central body yellow, and the wings a bluish black. Its wings are not gauzy like those of most insects, instead being leathery, like those of a bat or dragon . The head sports 8 eyes and a pair of mandibles. The legs bear pincers, and the stinger a black hook. Growing from the abdomen are short, sharp, thin spikes, and little hairs grow on the rest of the body. As the name suggests, their favorite food is giant spiders. Characteristics and habits Spider eaters are pretty similar in habits to some other insects. They attack by landing on prey and driving the stinger into the victim presumably a giant spider , and then feast on the remains. Though they prefer this prey, they sometimes attack humanoids as well. The female spider eater lays eggs in the paralyzed bodies of prey, to give the newborns something to eat the moment they hatch. Strangely, spider eaters are sometimes valued as aerial steeds. Their eggs are stolen from the giant spider carcasses they are born in, and the creatures are raised from birth. Riding a spider eater requires an exotic ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2009 Eater is a hard science fiction novel written by University of California, Irvine UC Irvine physics professor Gregory Benford . It was published in May 2000 by Eos. Heavy on the physics information, Eater describes humankind s encounter with a cosmic intelligence trait intelligence that comes in the form of a Primordial black hole small black hole . Plot summary In the early 21st century, astronomer s detect what appears to be a distant gamma ray burster, a black hole engulfing another star many light year s away. The data is bizarre and also troubling because only 13 hours later, a second burster appears, which, given the great distance between stars, would be impossible. Eventually, the astronomers realize that the black hole , rather than being incredibly far from us, is actually heading towards our own solar system , and moving our way at considerable speed. Stranger still, it seems to be moving under its own will it is an intelligent being itself. This age old cosmic being reveals that it had been born seven billion years ago and had become a wandering entity, feeding on asteroids, planets and various space debris, projecting itself forward in space through the process. Through the billions of years of its existence across the expanse of time and space, this intelligent entity has learned of many ancient civilisations in the universe. The black hole eventually sends a message to the people of Earth it desires converse . The black hole is willing to share the knowledge it had gained throughout the ages in return for the chance to chat with the humans. But eventually, something about the nature of the life form is revealed. It prefers to learn about people by having their mind transfer minds uploaded to it and demands that the best and brightest ... and all of humanity from annihilation at the hands of this entity that they dub the Eater . DEFAULTSORT Eater Novel Category 2000s science fiction novels Category 2000 novels Category Novels by Gregory ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Man Eater title orig translator image Image The Man Eater.jpg 200px image caption cover art from first edition author Edgar Rice Burroughs cover artist country United States language English language English series genre Novel publisher Fantasy Press release date 1955 english release date media type Print Paperback pages isbn NA preceded by followed by The Man Eater is a short adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs , written in May 1915, originally as a movie treatment. His working title for the piece was Ben, King of Beasts. ref http www.erblist.com erblist maneatsum.html Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for The Man Eater . ref The Man Eater is one of Burrough s rarer works. It was first published as a serial in the New York World New York Evening World newspaper under the present title from November 15 20, 1915, but did not appear in book form in Burroughs lifetime. The first book edition was issued by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach s Fantasy Press fanzine in 1955 it then appeared in the collection Beyond Thirty and The Man Eater , published by Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications in 1957. It was reprinted in paperback without the hyphen in the title as The Man Eater Ben, King of Beasts by Fantasy House in 1974. ref http www.erbzine.com mag7 0762.html ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA entry for The Man Eater . ref ref http www.erbzine.com mag7 0763.html ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA entry for Beyond Thirty , which includes bibliographic information supplementing that contained in the entry for The Man Eater . ref Plot Jefferson Scott, Jr. and Robert Gordon, hunters in the Belgian Congo, are thrown together with missionaries Sangamon and Mary Morton and their daughter Ruth. Scott marries Ruth ... Summary Project page for The Man Eater http www.erbzine.com mag7 0762.html ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA entry for The Man Eater Burroughs books DEFAULTSORT Man Eater, The Category 1915 novels Category ... more details
Stone Eater was a Wea war chief in the 18th century, in the present day U.S. state Indiana . Tecumseh confederacy See Tecumseh s War He joined the Tecumseh confederacy and was a leader at the Battle of Tippecanoe 1811 ref cite book last McCormick first Mike title Terre Haute Queen City of the Wabash url http books.google.com books?id EaOr8to39F0C accessdate 9 January 2009 year 2005 publisher Arcadia Publishing isbn 0 7385 2406 9 page 17 ref , and at the Siege of Fort Harrison 1812 . ref cite book author Allison, Harold title The Tragic Saga of the Indiana Indians year 1986, Harold Allison publisher Turner Publishing Company, Paducah isbn 0 9380 2107 9 page 185 ref War of 1812 Stone Eater was active in fighting during the War of 1812 . Notes reflist External links http www.gbl.indiana.edu archives dockett 317 317 59g.html National Archives, RG 107 Category Wea Category Native American leaders Category Native Americans in the War of 1812 Category Native American history of Indiana NorthAm native bio stub ... more details
otheruses Weedeater disambiguation Weed Eater was a string trimmer company founded in 1971 in Houston, Texas by George Ballas George C. Ballas, Sr. , the inventor of the device. The idea for the Weed Eater trimmer came to him from the spinning nylon bristles of an automatic car wash. He thought that he could come up with a similar technique to protect the bark on trees that he was trimming around. His company was eventually bought by Emerson Electric Company Emerson Electric and merged with Poulan . Poulan Weed Eater was later purchased by Electrolux , which spun off the outdoors division as Husqvarna AB in 2006. ref http corporate.husqvarna.com index.php?p about&s history&t timeline&afw lang en Timeline Husqvarna Bot generated title ref Inventor Ballas was the father of champion ballroom dancer Corky Ballas and the grandfather of Dancing with the Stars dancer Mark Ballas . ref Wozny, Nancy. http culturemap.com newsdetail 12 13 10 h town own mark ballas opens up on the naive miracle of bristol palin and his john mayer ways H Town s Own Dance Man Mark Ballas opens up on the naive miracle of Bristol Palin & his John Mayer ways , CultureMap Houston, December 13, 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5vddK60ss WebCitation archive . ref George Ballas died in June 2011. ref See Weed Eater inventor dies at 85, June 29, 2011, Associated Press, as published by the Lake Charles American Press , at http www.americanpress.com lc blogs wpnewssum ?p 22976 . ref The technique of weed eating A basic technique to avoid injury and poor end appearance starts with holding the weed eater correctly. This is typically ... it caan look terrible if done incorrectly. Swinging the weed eater with the arms will cause the head ... with themself between the weed eater and glass doors or automobiles and should always idle when people pass by. Similarly, the user should never have the weed eater directly in line between ... Dearth References Reflist External links http www.weedeater.com Weed Eater official site http ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 Infobox company name Happy Eater founder Michael Pickard company logo Image HappyEater.jpg center type Roadside restaurant chain foundation 1973 defunct 1996 Happy Eater was a roadside restaurant chain in the United Kingdom , that ran from 1973 till 1996 and was notable particularly amongst a certain generation for the Lego that was inside the restaurant for children to play with, and the imaginatively shaped playground equipment outside. History Happy Eater was formed by Michael Pickard a former managing director of THF and former pupil of Oundle School in 1973. It was run by Alan Jones, minor shareholders included Michael Pickard, David Alemore General Manager and Operations Director , Openings manager Graham Fothergill. In 1980, when it had 21 restaurants, it was taken over by Imperial Group and sold to Trust House Forte in 1986. Rocco Forte visited latest opening then run by Graham Fothergill being Happy Eater Weston Avenue London to celebrate. It was owned by the Trust House Forte hotel group from 1 August 1986 when THF bought its 75 restaurants from the hotel division of Imperial Group plc including Welcome Break service stations . Three Happy Eaters were at Motorway service area UK motorway service station s. THF was taken over in 1995 by Granada Ltd. Granada . Most Happy Eaters were in south east England, the Midlands and most noticeably along the A1 road Great Britain A1 . They had many excellent facilities for young children to occupy themselves with, usually outdoors. The brand ceased to exist in 1996, when Granada converted the restaurants into Burger King and Little Chef , or they simply closed restaurants completely. Granada said this was because people were eating at Little Chef rather than Happy Eater. However, the Little Chef brand itself soon ran into financial trouble following the conversions. After the buyout Alan Jones went on to launch AJ s the initials representing Alan Jones and Jane Pickhard, the major shareholders ... more details
Infobox film name The Biscuit Eater image Biscuit eater 1972.jpg image size 200px alt caption director Vincent McEveety producer Bill Anderson producer Bill Anderson writer screenplay story narrator starring music Robert F. Brunner cinematography Richard A. Kelley editing Ray de Leuw studio Walt Disney Productions distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Buena Vista Distribution released Film date 1972 3 22 USA runtime country United States language budget gross preceded by followed by The Biscuit Eater is a 1972 in film 1972 Disney film released by Buena Vista Distribution based on a novel by James H. Street . It is the last One Boy and his Animal themed movie made by Disney, as this subgenre would eventually grow out of fashion. The 1972 film is a remake of a 1940 film starring Billy Lee as Lonnie. Storyline The story revolves around a German Wirehaired Pointer named Moreover who has a strong relationship with a red headed boy named Lonnie Johnny Whitaker despite his mishaps. Moreover is dealt to Willie Dorsey Godfrey Cambridge , a gas station clerk, but Lonnie and his best friend Text regain possession of the dog. They train Moreover to be a prize winning bird pointer, entering him in a field trial. The dog was considered untrainable by its first owner, Lonnie s veterinarian father, but the two twelve year old boys take the time to make Moreover an excellent working example of his breed. Much to the chagrin of Lonnie s father, Lonnie and Text decide to enter Moreover in the state championship field trial. Moreover does well, and an incident makes the boys think that Lonnie s father will lose his dog training job if his dog, last year s champion SilverBelle, loses to their dark horse entry. Home media It is a very little known film, with availability restricted ... Eater http www.ultimatedisney.com biscuiteater.html Ultimate Disney DVD Review child film stub Vincent McEveety DEFAULTSORT Biscuit Eater, The Category 1972 films Category Disney films Category ... more details
Magazine date December 2007 Original research date March 2010 The Hasheesh Eater is an autobiographical ... Eater went through four editions in the late 1850s and early 1860s, each put out by Harper ..., Fitz Hugh The Night Entrance , The Hasheesh Eater 1857 ref Ludlow describes the cannabis drug marijuana ... Ludlow, Fitz Hugh The Visionary , The Hasheesh Eater 1857 ref Conversely, he says of hashish ... Visionary Cultural effect The popularity of The Hasheesh Eater led to interest in the drug it described ... of The Hasheesh Eater edited by Horowitz, M., Level Press San Francsico, 1975 ref blockquote John Hay ... On one occasion, at least, his enthusiasm for literature was carried to excess. The Hasheesh Eater ... remember it well. ref Within twenty five years of the publication of The Hasheesh Eater , most major ... Crowley found The Hasheesh Eater to be tainted by admiration of Thomas DeQuincey de Quincey and the sentimentalists ... Eater and noted that blockquote It was Ludlow who contributed the most remarkable description of the hashish ... with no regard for truth and with little for verisimilitude. In The Hasheesh Eater on the other hand ... dependence on the works of De Quincey although he also found The Hasheesh Eater to be more lively and more colorful reading than the grossly overrated confessions of that English opium eater. . DeRopp ... edition of The Hasheesh Eater in its entirety, and David Ebin s book The Drug Experience included three chapters from The Hasheesh Eater . In 1966, excerpts were published in The Marijuana Papers ... J. Kalant , in 1971 in The International Journal of the Addictions found The Hasheesh Eater to be a remarkable ... of The Hasheesh Eater in print, one by San Francisco s City Lights Bookstore City Lights Books ... read chapters from The Hasheesh Eater for a set of tapes Victorian Tales of Cannabis put out by Sound ... dunescapes of the world of hashish. ref The Hasheesh Eater remains Ludlow s most remembered ... sniggle.net Hasheesh The Annotated Hasheesh Eater ISBN 1434809862 http nepenthes.lycaeum.org Ludlow ... more details
In railroad slang an engineer In motorcycling a trade name for helmet visors which don t fog. In meteorology A white bow in the clouds during foggy weather is so called. Such a bow was seen in England during January, 1888. A week preceding, the weather had been clear, sunshiny, and genial, then followed several days of thick fog, during which the white bow appeared. The bow was followed by several days of brilliant mild weather. Source Brewer s Dictionary. It appears that the ring grows as the fog lightens and suddenly vanishes as if a huge mouth had swallowed the fog. Bio Stim KB4 The Fog Eater is an industrial product promoting growth of bacteria that remove FOG Fats Oils and Grease. Not to be confused with Fog Breather US slang for a British person. Citation needed date September 2011 Disambiguation ... more details
Infobox film name The Pumpkin Eater image The Pumpkin Eater .jpeg image size caption Theatrical poster director Jack Clayton producer James Woolf writer Harold Pinter br Penelope Mortimer small novel small narrator starring Anne Bancroft br Peter Finch br James Mason music Georges Delerue cinematography Oswald Morris editing Jim Clark film editor Jim Clark distributor Royal Films International released start date 1964 11 9 df y runtime 118 minutes country Film UK language English budget preceded by followed by The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film starring Anne Bancroft as an unusually fertile woman and Peter Finch as her philandering husband. The film was adapted by Harold Pinter from the 1962 novel of the same name by Penelope Mortimer , and was directed by Jack Clayton . Plot The story revolves around Jo Armitage Anne Bancroft Bancroft , a woman with an ambiguous number of children from three marriages, who becomes negative and withdrawn after discovering that her third and current husband, Jake Peter Finch Finch , has been unfaithful to her. After a series of loosely related events in which Jake s infidelity is balanced by his reliability as a breadwinner and a father, Jo ... Eater, The 1964 url http www.screenonline.org.uk media mfb 1376934 month September year 1964 journal ... 2011 06 20 ref According to Time magazine, The Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Pumpkin Eater of the nursery ... becomes more intense. ref cite web title The Pumpkin Eater url http www.variety.com review VE1117794217 ... films, The Pumpkin Eater and, unforgettably, to Dirk Bogarde , both in Accident 1967 film Accident ... Festival de Cannes The Pumpkin Eater accessdate 2009 02 28 work festival cannes.com ref and the BAFTA ... reflist 2 External links imdb title id 0058500 title The Pumpkin Eater Jack Clayton Pinter CinemaoftheUK DEFAULTSORT Pumpkin Eater, The Category Films directed by Jack Clayton Category Screenplays by Harold ... Mangeur de citrouilles it Frenesia del piacere nl The Pumpkin Eater pl Zjadacz dy ... more details
The Lotus Eater is a short story written by W. Somerset Maugham in 1935. Plot It is set in 1913 and the story begins when the narrator visits a friend on the Island of Capri in Italy. There, he is introduced to the character of Thomas Wilson, who came to the island for a holiday 16 years ago. Since then, Wilson had given up his job in London as a bank manager to live a life of simplicity and enjoyment in a small cottage in Capri. As he had saved just enough money to purchase an Annuity European financial arrangements annuity that would last exactly 25 years, he had also decided to commit suicide once when his money runs out. The narrator of the story is stunned by such a bold decision and he decides to have a chat with Wilson. During their conversation over dinner, the narrator discovers that Wilson is so enchanted with life on Capri. What seems a dull life to the narrator is but pure pleasure to Wilson. The narrator then leaves Capri and nearly forgets of his encounter with Wilson until 13 years later, when he re visits his friend on Capri. It is during this visit that the narrator is told of how Wilson exhausted all his resources when he had reached 60 and then tried to continue his life on Capri by borrowing small sums of money. He, however, did not use this money to pay the rent but used it to sustain his carefree life. He continued living on the goodwill of the landlord who owned his cottage and did so for a year. By then, the landlord demanded that he pay the rent. In desperation, Wilson shut himself in his cottage and lit a charcoal on fire to fill the room with carbon monoxide in an attempt to kill himself. He survived the charcoal poisoning but became partially insane. The landlord was kind enough to let Wilson live in their shed and have him feed the animals. Wilson .... Film In 1921 a film entitled The Lotus Eater was directed by Marshall Neilan , starring John Barrymore and Colleen Moore . See also W. Somerset Maugham bibliography DEFAULTSORT Lotus Eater, The Category ... more details
Other uses Maneater disambiguation Maneater Man eater is a colloquial term for an animal that preys upon human s. This does not include scavenging. Although human beings can be attacked by many kinds of animals, man eaters are those that have incorporated human flesh into their usual diet. Most reported cases of man eaters have involved tigers , ref name CC cite book last Corbett first Jim title Man eaters of Kumaon pages viii xiii publisher Oxford University Press year 1944 ref leopards , ref name CC lions and crocodilians . However, they are by no means the only predators that will attack humans if given the chance a wide variety of species have also been known to take humans as prey, including bear s, large constricting snake s such as Boidae boas and Pythonidae pythons , Komodo dragon s, Gray wolf wolves , hyena s, cougar s, shark s, and even cannibalism other humans . Big cats File Addo Elephant National Park 005.jpg thumb Signage in Addo Elephant National Park reminding humans as to their status of prey Tigers main Man eating tigers Image Tigress Jowlagiri.jpg thumb The Tigress of Jowlagiri , responsible for the deaths of 15 people, killed by Kenneth Anderson writer Kenneth Anderson Tigers are recorded to have killed more people than any other big cat. Unlike leopards and lions, man eating tigers rarely enter human habitations in order to acquire prey. The majority of victims are reportedly in the tiger s territory when the attack takes place. ref name GC Additionally, tiger attacks mostly occur during daylight hours, unlike those committed by leopards and lions. ref name GC cite book author John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin url title Great Cats year 1991 pages 240 isbn 0878579656 ref The Sundarbans are home to approximately 600 Royal Bengal Tiger s ref name LW http www.lairweb.org.nz tiger maneating7.html Theories on Sundarbans Man eaters ref that are well known ... and wildlife larger than humans demonstrate the potential of a dog as a man eater. A large ... more details
about a 1930 cartoon Barnacle Bill disambiguation Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name Barnacle Bill series Talkartoons image caption director Dave Fleischer story artist animator Seymour Kneitel br Rudy Zamora voice actor musician Sammy Timberg producer Max Fleischer studio Fleischer Studios distributor Paramount Pictures Paramount Publix Corporation release date August 31, 1930 color process Black and white runtime 8 mins movie language English preceded by Dizzy Dishes followed by Swing You Sinners Barnacle Bill is a 1930 Fleischer Studios animated short film. It was part of the Talkartoons series, and featured Betty Boop here known as Nancy Lee and Bimbo Fleischer Bimbo as Barnacle Bill . Plot Barnacle Bill Bimbo is a sailor on a ship that has just come into port. As soon as he can get off the ship, he heads for Nancy Lee s Betty Boop house. When he gets there he begins knocking on her door. Bimbo and Betty begin singing the lyrics to a tame version of Barnacle Bill song Barnacle Bill the Sailor. The actions of the film follow along the song s Plot narrative storyline , with Barnacle Bimbo romancing Betty and then leaving her to go back to sea. Production notes Like many early Fleischer Studios films, this film was inspired by a popular song , a version of Barnacle Bill written in 1928 by Frank Luther & Carson Robison and performed by Hoagy Carmichael . It has nothing to do with William Bernard , the sailor and California Gold Rush character known as Barnacle Bill . ref Boyes, Marcia Edwards 1936 . The Legend of Yerba Buena Island . Berkeley, California Berkeley The Professional Press. ref In this cartoon, Betty Boop still retains some of the Dog canine physical characteristics that she had in her first screen appearance, Dizzy Dishes . References Reflist External links http www.youtube.com watch?v tBKAG0ut9Ds Barnacle Bill on YouTube DEFAULTSORT Barnacle Bill 1930 Cartoon Category Betty Boop cartoons Category 1930 films animation film stub ... more details
MarsGeo name Barnacle Bill image Image Sojourner and Barnacle Bill.jpg 200px caption Sojourner Rover next to the Rock Barnacle Bill type Rock latitude 19.33 N or S N longitude 33.55 E or W W Barnacle Bill is a convert 40 cm in adj on rock on Mars in Ares Vallis . It was the first rock on Mars analyzed by the Sojourner rover Sojourner rover using its APXS Alpha Proton X ray Spectrometer . The encounter occurred during Timekeeping on Mars Sols Sol 3 of the Mars Pathfinder mission on the surface of Mars and took ten hours to complete. Early analysis of data sent from Sojourner led scientists to speculate that the rock was andesite . The name was inspired in mission scientists by barnacle like structures on the rock that appeared in transmitted photos. See also List of rocks on Mars External links http mars.jpl.nasa.gov MPF science mineralogy.html Mars Pathfinder Science Results Category Rocks on Mars Category Mars Pathfinder Mars stub crater stub pt Barnacle Bill rocha marciana ... more details
about the folk song Barnacle Bill disambiguation Refimprove date April 2012 Barnacle Bill the Sailor ... is in the public domain book Immortalia 1927 . Later versions feature the eponymous Barnacle ..., in the second chorus of this recording, violinist Joe Venuti can be heard singing Barnacle Bill ... Betty Boop Barnacle Bill 1930 cartoon cartoon and two films, as well as the name of a Barnacle Bill ... the Sailor 1933 cartoon Popeye the Sailor 1933 , Barnacle Bill was used as the recurring theme for the Bluto character. A later Fleischer Popeye cartoon, Beware of Barnacle Bill 1935 , is a mock operetta ... of lyrics One version of Barnacle Bill refers to an exchange between Bill and a fair young ... and my crew and we ve come for a screw said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. It s me and my crew and we ve come for a screw said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. Alternate Responses It s only me from over the sea said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. It s only me from over the sea said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. Open the door, you pox ridden whore said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. Open the door, you pox ridden whore said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. Open the door, you dirty whore said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. Open the door, you dirty whore said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. It s me myself and nobody else said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. It s me myself and nobody else said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. br What if I should ... Maiden. br I ll smash the lock with my diamond hard cock said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. br I ll smash the lock with my diamond hard cock said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. br What if my parents should come ... Maiden. br I ll kill your pa and then fuck your ma said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. I ll kill your pa and then fuck your ma said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. br Are you young and handsome, sir? Are you young ... and dirty and tough said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. I m old and rough and dirty and tough said Barnacle Bill the Sailor. br What is your intention, sir? What is your intention, sir? br What is your ... more details
Infobox film name Barnacle Bill image size image Barnacle Bill FilmPoster.jpeg caption director Richard Thorpe producer Milton Bren writer Jack Jevne br Hugo Butler story Jack Jevne narrator starring Wallace Beery br Marjorie Main music Bronis aw Kaper br Lennie Hayton cinematography Clyde De Vinna editing Frank Hull distributor Metro Goldwyn Mayer released April 7, 1941 runtime 90 minutes country FilmUS language English language English budget preceded by followed by Barnacle Bill is a 1941 feature film starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main . The screen comedy was directed by Richard Thorpe . Cast Wallace Beery as Bill Johansen Marjorie Main as Marge Cavendish Leo Carillo as Pico Rodriguez Virginia Weidler as Virginia Johansen Donald Meek as Pop Cavendish Barton MacLane as John Kelly Connie Gilchrist as Mamie Sara Haden as Aunt Letty William Edmunds actor William Edmunds as Joe Petillo Don Terry as Dixon Alec Craig as MacDonald Charles Lane actor Charles Lane as Auctioneer uncredited References reflist Unreferenced date January 2008 External links Imdb title id 0033378 title Barnacle Bill Richard Thorpe DEFAULTSORT Barnacle Bill 1941 Film Category 1941 films Category American films Category Black and white films Category English language films Category Films directed by Richard Thorpe Category Metro Goldwyn Mayer films Category 1940s comedy drama films 1940s comedy film stub ... more details
Other uses Barnacle Bill disambiguation Infobox film name Barnacle Bill image alt see WP ALT caption director Harry Hughes producer Basil Humphrys writer Aveling Ginever br Archie Pitt starring Archie Pitt br Joan Gardner br Gus McNaughton br Jean Adrienne music cinematography editing studio distributor released Film date 1935 1 Film date Year Month Day Location runtime country Film UK language English budget gross Barnacle Bill is a 1935 British drama film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Archie Pitt , Joan Gardner and Gus McNaughton . ref http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 143535 ref A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea. Cast Archie Pitt Bill Harris Joan Gardner Jill Harris Gus McNaughton Jack Baron Jean Adrienne Mary Bailey Sybil Jason Jill as a child Denis O Neil Shorty O. B. Clarence Uncle George Henrietta Watson Aunt Julia Minnie Rayner Mrs Bailey Iris Darbyshire Florrie Tully Comber Harry Fordyce References references External links imdb title 0157357 CinemaoftheUK Harry Hughes Category 1935 films Category British films Category English language films Category Films directed by Harry Hughes Category British drama films Category 1930s drama films 1930s UK film stub ... more details
Infobox park name The Barnacle Historic State Park photo Miami 229.jpg photo width photo caption The Barnacle, built in 1891 by Commodore Ralph Munroe type Florida State Parks State Park location Coconut Grove , Miami , Florida, United States coords area convert 5 acre ha created Start date 1973 operator ... thebarnacle default.cfm The Barnacle Historic State Park Infobox Protected area name The Barnacle Historic State Park iucn category V Note site s category is unset in IUCN database, but appears to conform with Category V photo The Barnacle historical marker 01.jpg photo caption Historic ... body display embed The Barnacle Historic State Park is a convert 5 acre ha sing on Florida State .... Built in 1891, it is the oldest house in its original location in Miami Dade County . The Barnacle ... on homesite from his descendants in 1973. The Barnacle Historic State Park is served by the Metrorail ... pilings. Its central room is octagonal in shape and Munroe called his home The Barnacle, presumably ... was built adjacent to the house. The Barnacle survived the disastrous 1926 hurricane and Hurricane .... Timeline History of the Barnacle 1887 Ralph Munroe builds boathouse with living quarters on upper floor and workshop on lower floor. 1891, Summer Ralph begins constructing the Barnacle house. 1895 .... Hours of Operation The Barnacle is open 9 00 a.m. to 5 00 p.m. with tours at 10, 11 30 a.m. 1 and 2 ... years of age children under six tour for free. Location and Parking File The Barnacle Historic State ... the neighborhood. References Notes Reflist Bibliography http www.abfla.com parks Barnacle barnacle.html The Barnacle State Historic Site at http www.abfla.com Absolutely Florida http www.wildernet.com pages statepark.cfm?areaID FLSPTB The Barnacle State Historic Site at http www.wildernet.com Wildernet External links commons category http www.floridastateparks.org thebarnacle default.cfm The Barnacle ... Properties Protected Areas of Florida Greater Miami DEFAULTSORT Barnacle Historic State Park Category ... more details
For other uses Barnacle Bill disambiguation Infobox Film name Barnacle Bill image Barnacle57.jpg caption Ambrose is greeted as a naval hero after drifting to France. producer Michael Balcon director Charles Frend writer T.E.B. Clarke starring Alec Guinness music Henry Mancini cinematography Douglas Slocombe editing Jack Harris film editor Jack Harris studio Ealing Studios distributor Metro Goldwyn Mayer released Film date df y 1957 12 17 runtime 87 minutes budget language English Barnacle Bill released in the U.S. as All at Sea is a 1957 Ealing Studios comedy film , starring Alec Guinness as an unsuccessful navy man as well as six of his maritime ancestors. Plot William Horatio Ambrose Guinness wants desperately to live up to the proud family tradition the Ambroses have always been mariners, hence their family motto, Omnes per Mare All at Sea . In six humorous vignettes, Guinness portrays some of them, starting with a confused caveman pioneer and ending with his own father s ignominious demise at the Battle of Jutland . Ambrose has a debilitating problem however he gets violently Seasickness seasick at the slightest excuse. As a result, his contribution to World War II consists of testing cures for the malady. When he retires from the Royal Navy as a captain, he purchases a dilapidated amusement pier the closest thing to a command of his own with his life savings. The workers are an apathetic bunch, led by an insolent Figg Victor Maddern , who quits as soon as the new owner begins imposing some semblance of discipline. With the assistance of his new second in command, Tommy Percy Herbert actor Percy Herbert , and much hard work, Ambrose soon has the pier repaired. Then he has to deal with the local town council, headed by the crooked Mayor Crowley Maurice Denham and the hostile ... as Mrs Gray References reflist unreferenced date January 2008 External links tcmdb title 1856 Barnacle Bill IMDb title 0050168 Barnacle Bill Charles Frend CinemaoftheUK Category 1957 films Category ... more details
Taxobox name Olive Bee eater image Madagascar bee eater.jpg status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Coraciiformes familia Meropidae genus Merops genus Merops species M. superciliosus binomial Merops superciliosus binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1766 The Olive Bee eater , or Madagascar Bee eater Merops superciliosus is a near passerine bee eater species in the genus Merops genus Merops . References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 47771 title Merops superciliosus downloaded 11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern Bee eaters DEFAULTSORT Olive Bee Eater Category Meropidae Category Birds of Africa Coraciiformes stub af Olyfbyvreter bg br Gwespetaer Madagaskar eo Madagaskara abelman ulo fa fr Gu pier de Madagascar hu Z ld gyurgyalag ms Burung Berek berek Dada Coklat pl o na zielona ru ... more details
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