Pixies - is about the band named Pixies. For pixies of folklore, see pixie. The Pixies were a late 1980s band whose music influenced almost every alternative rock band of the 90s. They consisted of Black Francis (vocals, guitar), Kim Deal (bass, vocals), Joey Santiago (guitar), and Dave Lovering (drums). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Discography 3 External Links History The band hailed from Boston, Massachusetts, where it was formed in 1986 by Joey Santiago and Black Francis (born Charles Thompson). After placing a classified ad looking for additional members (it famously listed Hüsker Dü and Peter, Paul and Mary as influences), they hooked up with Deal and Lovering. They flipped through the dictionary for a band name (and selected "Pixies" as opposed to "The Pixies"), then began playing around Boston.
Pixie - Pixie Pixies, from folklore around Cornwall, England, are mischievous little winged folk who live in moors and forests. One myth states that pixies were a race of people who were not good enough for heaven or bad enough for hell so they was forced to stay on earth forever. Another legend claims that they were Druids who resisted Christianity so god smites them by making them grow smaller until they accept Christianity. They would often play tricks on people by stealing things or throwing things at them. At night they would steal horses and bring them back before dawn leaving only tangled manes to show they were there..
Pixie Stix - Pixie Stix A Pixie Stix is powdered candy packaged in a wrapper not unlike that of a drinking straw. It is popular during Halloween. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Humanoid - of the Star Trek universe by advancing the story of a primordial humanoid civilization that seeded the galaxy with their DNA, thus causing other humanoid species to emerge. In most cases, however, the reason for the similarity is not explained, and it is regarded simply as a dramatic convention. Humanoid can also used to describe Neanderthals and most non-human primates. Fantasy humanoids Dwarf Hobbit or Halfling Pixie Leprechaun Fairy/Faerie/Faery Elf Troll Brownie Werewolf Vampire Zombie Ghost or Spectre Wight.
Gong mythology - Ananda. Ananda tends to chant "Banana Nirvana Manana" a lot and get drunk on Fosters Australian Lager. This latter development mirrors the real-life experience of band-members Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, who met their saxophonist, Didier Malherbe in a cave in Majorca. Meanwhile, the mythology's central character, Zero the Hero, is going about his everyday life when he suddenly has a vision in Charing Cross Road. He is compelled to seek after heroes and starts worshipping the Cock Pot Pixie, one of a number of Pot Head Pixies from the Planet Gong. These pixies are green with propellers on their heads, and they fly around in tea-pots. Zero is soon distracted by a cat, which he offers his fish and chips to. The cat is actually the Good Witch Yoni, who.
Fantasy bestiary - in role-playing circles, and their popularity has spread to other media outside of role-playing games. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Humans and demihumans 2 Fey 3 Extraplanar/otherworldly 4 Monsters adapted from outside sources 5 Monsters created especially for role-playing games 6 Undead 7 See also Humans and demihumans Bugbear Drow (dark elf) Dwarf Elf Gnome Goblin Groll Halfling / Hobbit Human Kobold Orc Troll Fey Brownie Dryad Fairy Leprechaun Naiad Nereid Nymph Pixie Satyr Sprite Extraplanar/otherworldly Angel Demon Devil Djinn Efreet Elemental Imp Monsters adapted from outside sources Banshee Behemoth Beholder Basilisk Centaur Cerberus Chimaera Cockatrice Cyclops Doppelgänger Dragon (also, "Wyrm"): European dragon, Chinese dragon Ettin Gargoyle Giant Golem Gorgon (Medusa) Gremlin Griffin Hag Harpy Hippocampus Hippogriff Hobgoblin Homunculus Hydra Illithid (Mind flayer) Ki-rin Kraken Lamia Lindworm Leviathan Manticore Merfolk Minotaur.
Familiar - day (once between rest periods in most computer game versions), and can be changed when one gains levels in their chosen wizard or sorcerer field. Familiars are generally animals and such beings (D&D has a pixie). Common familiars include panthers, cats, etc. They generally have some magical power, or are simply there to advance the story..
T. Rex (band) - A Beard Of Stars (1970) The reverse cover of Unicorn follows a convention begun by Dylan with Bringing It All Back Home: the pair are pictured lurking in a Bayswater flat surrounded by influences – LPs, books and objets d'art. These range from the modish to the obscure – Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, The Bible, works of William Blake, a Muddy Waters LP, tabla drums and toy cymbals etc. The photo sums up Bolan's earnest playfulness and the duo's position as both typical within their scene and a unique proposition, and the music on Unicorn, with its melancholic grandeur, marks the high water mark for pixie-rock. Peregrine Took left after Unicorn, following a distastrous tour of the US, to be replaced by Mickey Finn. As well as progressively shorter titles, the.
Brownies - Mythology 2 Youth organization 3 Expressions Mythology Brownies were originally pixie-like creatures. Youth organization The name was adopted for the female version of Cub Scouts in Britain, i.e. the younger version of Girl Guides. Brownie packs are divided into subgroups of about six members with names such as Leprechauns, Pixies and so on. Their uniforms are traditionally brown and yellow. As the Scout Association now allows girls to join the Cubs (as in America), Brownies are reducing in number. Expressions "To be chucked out of the Brownies" is a punishment that has no fear or never takes place, a fake threat. "Good Brownie points" means that it is in your interest to do something; an expression from US military slang for arse-licking. The above expressions are still used in British English..
Burrows-Wheeler transform - places where a single character is repeated multiple times in a row. This is useful for compression, since it tends to be easy to compress a string that has runs of repeated characters. For example, the string: SIX.MIXED.PIXIES.SIFT.SIXTY.PIXIE.DUST.BOXES transforms into this string*, which is easier to compress because it has many repeated characters: TEXYDST.E.XIIXIXXSMPPSS.B...S.EEUSFXDIOIIIIT The transform is done by sorting all rotations of the text, then taking the last column. For example, the text ".BANANA." is transformed into "BNN.AA.A" through these steps: Input All Rotations Sort the Lines Output .BANANA. .BANANA. ..BANANA A..BANAN NA..BANA ANA..BAN NANA..BA ANANA..B BANANA.. ANANA..B ANA..BAN A..BANAN BANANA.. NANA..BA NA..BANA .BANANA. ..BANANA BNN.AA.A In these two examples, the output would actually be more than just the string shown. It would be the string plus a pointer telling.
The Magic Faraway Tree series - "moves on", or they will be stuck in the land forever when it is replaced by the next one. The main inhabitants of the Faraway Tree are Moonface, Silky (a sort of fairy), the Saucepan Man, Dame Washalot, Mr Whatsisname and the Angry Pixie. The lands at the top tended to be either extremely unpleasant (the Land of Slaps) or fantastically enjoyable (the Land of Birthdays, the Land of Take-What-You-Want). The stories are inventive and fantastic and have continued to delight children. Like many of Blyton's books, they also provide an insight into a particular vision of mid-twentieth-century domestic life, which some modern readers find charming and others somewhat offensive. The titles are: 1. The Enchanted Wood 2. The Magic Faraway Tree 3. The Folk of the Faraway Tree In modern.
Parnall - mounted beneath the fuselage. Three prototypes were built but production was not proceeded with. More successful was Bolas's next design, the pretty Plover naval fighter:- a single bay wooden biplane powered by one 436hp Bristol Jupiter IV engine. With the pilot placed high for a good view over the short nose and close-cowled radial engine, it could almost have come from the Filton drawing boards. Amphibious wheeled floats were tested and one was fitted with an A.S.Jaguar radial. The Plover had a good performance but only six were built for service in 1923; the Royal Navy preferring the Fairey Flycatcher despite its lower speed. One Plover was entered in the 1926 King's Cup Air Race but failed to finish. Centrally-mounted engines powering wing-mounted airscrews was a concept that was explored with.
Pixilation - few framess, stopping, taking another few frames, stopping, and so on. Pixilated means affected by pixies, or bewitched. A pixie is a kind of sprite or elf. The first film to use the pixilation technique is Jobard ne peut pas voir les femmes travailler (Jobard can't see women working) from Emile Courtet in 1911. See also Stop motion.
Poacher (fish) - typically consisting of one small spine and a couple of rays. The swim bladder is not present. At 42 cm, the dragon poacher Percis japonica is the largest member of the family, while the pixie poacher Occella impi maxes out at just two centimeters; most are in the 20-30 cm range. Poachers generally feed on small crustaceans and marine worms found on the bottom. Some species camouflage themselves with hydras, sponges, or seaweed. Some species are known as alligatorfishes, starsnouts, hooknoses, and rockheads..
Prisoner (TV series) - but later softened Louise Siversen as prisoner Lou Kelly, a vicious thug during the show's later years Pepe Trevor as prisoner Lexie Patterson, loud-mouth punk and card-sharp in the show’s later years Reylene Pearce as dim-witted prisoner Phyllis Hunt Anne Phelan as prisoner Myra Desmond, a thoughtful but strong woman who took over as top dog after Bea left Amanda Muggleton as prisoner Chrissie Latham, tarty and lascivious prostitute who turned over a new leaf after the birth of her daughter Maxine Klibingaitis as prisoner Bobbie Mitchell a rebellious and street-wise youngster Jane Clifton as prisoner Margo Gaffney, a thug who often operated as prison bookie Glenda Linscott as spirited biker Rita Connors who became the show’s last top dog Judy McBurney as flighty romantic Pixie Mason in on bigamy and.
Ottery St Mary - St Mary church, built in imitation of Exeter Cathedral. Major events are held in Ottery on Guy Fawkes Night, when flaming tar barrels are carried through the town, and on Pixie Day..
Nac Mac Feegle - make noteworthy appearances in the Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum and Wee Free Men. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Social Structure 3 Sayings 4 External Links History Technically, the Nac Mac Feegle are a social grouping within the class of pictsies (see Picts, pixie). The Nac Mac Feegle are quite possibly the only people to be kicked out of Fairyland for being drunk and causing fights. Social Structure Essentially, the structure of a Nac Mac Feegle tribe is made up of a kelda (the female chieftain), her husband, and her sons (i.e. the rest of the tribe). Daughters, on coming of age, leave to become kelda of another tribe. The males of the tribe are warriors, hunters, and foragers; Nac Mac Feegle foraging consists of taking anything edible that isn't.
Martin Walt - Research Laboratory of the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company 1993 -- Stanford University Walt is the author of Introduction to Geomagnetically Trapped Radiation See also: NASA, POLAR, PIXIE, SEPS External Link Martin Walt (Official).
Magda Szubanski - her writing and performing skills in several of Australia’s most successful television comedy programs. More recently she has starred in the highly succesful television comedy show "Kath and Kim" on the ABC network as Sharon Strzlecki. Television Roles "Kath & Kim" (2002) == Sharon Strzlecki "Degenocide" (1997) (V) == various roles "Fast Forward" (1989) == Pixie-Anne Wheatley, Chenille, Joan Kirner "Something Stupid" == various roles "The Panel" == herself (Episodes 19 & 24 2001) "Big Girl's Blouse" (1994) TV Series == Various Characters "The Making of Nothing" (1993) (TV) == Judith Gates/Kim Borrodale "A Royal Commission Into the Australian Economy" (1993) (TV) == Mr. Cardigan, Mr. Trouser, Bill Kelty "Bligh" (1992) TV Series == Betsy Bligh "D Generation" (1986) TV Series == Various Characters (1986-1987) "The D-Generation Goes Commercial" (1988) TV.
List of fictional cats - in Alien Cats and felines in television The Cat, character descended from cats played by Danny John-Jules on BBC TV sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf (see Frankenstein) "Clarence, the cross-eyed Lion" from the TV series Daktari Frankenstein, the pregnant cat Lister sneaks onboard the Red Dwarf Kitty, pet lion from the 1960s TV series The Addams Family Lucky, the Tanners' cat in TV series ALF, who weekly escaped being devoured by the wisecracking Alien Life-Form Miss Kitty Fantastico, pet cat of Willow and Tara in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Morris, commercial mascot for 9 Lives Cat Food, voiced by John Irwin Mrs. Slocombe's "Pussy", an unseen character and the source of many innuendoes in Are You Being Served Spot, pet cat of Data, from Star Trek: The Next Generation Salem, talking black.
