Jack O'Lantern (mushroom) - Jack O'Lantern (mushroom) The Jack O'Lantern mushroom (Omphalotus olearius) is an orange to red gill mushroom that is similar in appearance to the chanterelle, and most notable for its bioluminescence properties. Previous names include Omphalotus illudens and Clitocybe illudens. Unlike the chanterelle, the jack o'lantern mushroom is very poisonous. While not lethal, consuming this mushroom leads to very severe cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. Complicating its toxicity is the fact that it smells and looks very appealing, to the extent that there are reports of repeat poisonings from individuals who were tempted to try them a second time. Its bioluminescence is generally only observable in low-light conditions with acclimated eyes. The whole mushroom doesn't glow—only the gills. This is due to luciferase, the same chemical that fireflies.
Jack o'lantern - Jack o'lantern A Jack o'lantern is a pumpkin whose top and stem have been carved off and inner membranes and seeds scooped out to leave a hollow shell. Sections of a side are carved out to make a design, usually a face. It is possible, using thicker and thinner sections cut with differing tools, to create surprisingly detailed and realistic designs. A light source (traditionally a candle) is placed inside the pumpkin and the top is put back into place (often after a "chimney" is carved in the lid in order to allow heat to escape). The light illuminates the design from the inside. Jack o'lanterns are generally made for Halloween, and were originally made from turnips, beets and rutabagas. The practice of carving jack o'lanterns.
Agaricales - types of mushrooms. They range from the deadly Destroying angel to the familiar white mushroom, from the hallucinogenic Fly agaric to the bioluminescent Jack-O-Lantern mushroom, they are ubiquitous to near every place in the world except Antarctica. Note that many mushrooms, such as chanterelles, have false gills, and are not Agarics..
Cantharellus - be found in nature, since it's a mycorrhizal edible fungi. This means it forms symbiotic associations with other plants, making it very difficult to cultivate. Caution must be used when identifying chanterelles for consumption; lookalikes, such as the Jack-O-Lantern, can make a person incredibly ill. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Synonyms and common names 2 Species 3 Use in food 4 Preparation and storage 5 Notes 6 Similar Species 7 References Synonyms and common names ;C. cibarius yellow chanterelle, chanterelle ;C. subalbidus white chanterelle ;C. formosus Pacific golden chanterelle ;C. tubaeformis funnel chanterelle, yellow foot, winter mushroom Species The best known species of this genus is the yellow chanterelle[1], which is orange or yellow, meaty and funnel-shaped. It has forking gills on the underside, running all the way down its stalk,.
Luciferase - Luciferin and luciferase do not refer to a particular molecule. They are generic terms for a light-producing chemical and its associated regulatory compound, usually a protein. A wide variety of organisms regulate their light production using a luciferase. The most famous is the firefly, although it even exists in beings as different as the Jack-O-Lantern mushroom and many marine creatures. In some organisms, notable the click-beetles, the color of light produced is determined by the amino-acid sequence of the luciferase, eventhough they use the same luciferin. Luciferase can be produced in the lab through genetic techniques, and has a wide variety of uses. Genes for luciferase can be engineered into organisms so that they glow when exposed to the right luciferin. This allows visualization of certain biological processes, stages of infection,.
Halloween - Saints Eve or All Hallows' Eve. Long surviving in Ireland, it was brought to the United States by Irish emigrants in the 19th century. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Symbols 2 Jack O'Lantern 3 Trick or Treating 4 Parties 5 Baking 6 Cultural history 6.1 Celtic observation of Samhain 6.2 Christian views 6.3 Christianizing the Celtic Samhain 6.4 Hallowe'en customs pre 1900 6.5 Christianizing the Lemuria 7 Religious Viewpoints 8.
Hobgoblin (comics) - Goblin's equipment, Kingsley adopted the identity of the Hobgoblin and set out to plague Spider-Man. Later, another character took up the guise of the Hobgoblin, Jason Philip Macendale Jr. (a.k.a. Jack O'Lantern). This Hobgoblin was very intent upon finding the secret formula of super human strength of the original Green Goblin. Frustrated with his lack of results in reproducing the formula, Macendale would later attempt other avenues to this end. During a demonic incursion on New York the Hobgoblin attempted to make a deal with demons from Limbo in exchange for the abilities of the original Green Goblin. He was tricked and transformed into a literal hobgoblin, with his equipment replaced by mystical equivalents. Macendale went insane as a result of this transformation. Vital Statistics Name: Jason Philip Macendale Jr. Height:.
Green Arrow - a costumed archer, often using a variety of gadget arrows. He is often teamed with Green Lantern or Black Canary. Washed overboard on an ocean cruise, the wealthy Oliver Queen lived like Robinson Crusoe on a desert island, hunting with a bow. When criminals came to the island, he captured them and returned to civilization. Like Bruce Wayne, Queen was a wealthy playboy and guardian to a young boy, Roy Harper, who served as his sidekick, (Speedy), and the Battling Bowmen fought crime in Star City using arrows with various specialized functions. This character, being obviously an archer version of Batman, had an undistinguished publishing history although it was one of the few DC characters keep going after the Golden Age of Comic Books. The main exception in this period was.
DC Comics - involving the characters. This company is responsible for such famous characters as Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman. For decades, DC Comics has been one of the two largest American comic book companies, the other being Marvel Comics. The company was originally three companies, National Allied Publications, Detective Comics and All-American Publications. The first two companies merged in the 1930s to become National Comics (later National Periodical Publications) and the third shared offices until it was bought by the merged company in 1945. At this time "DC," an acronym for Detective Comics was simply an informal logo regularly used on the cover. This company was the first to publish superheroes beginning with Action Comics in 1938, and was the foremost exploiter of them in the Golden Age of Comic Books..
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Timeline of invention - Ironclad USS Monitor: John Ericsson 1861: Furnace for steel: Wilhelm von Siemens 1862: Revolving machine gun: Richard J. Gatling 1862: Submarine: Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol * 1863: Player piano: Henri Fourneaux 1864: Sleeping car: George Pullman 1865: Compression ice machine: Thaddeus Lowe 1866: Dynamite: Alfred Nobel 1867: Practical Typewriter: Christopher L. Sholes 1868: Typewriter: Carlos Glidden, James Densmore and Samuel Soule 1868: Air brake: George Westinghouse 1868: Lawn mower: Hills Budding Ferrabee (???) 1868: Oleomargarine: Mege Mouries 1869: Vacuum cleaner: I.W. McGaffers 1870s 1870: Magic Lantern movie projector: Henry R. Heyl 1870: Stock ticker: Thomas Alva Edison 1871: Cable car on rails: Andrew S. Hallidie 1871: Compressed air rock drill: Simon Ingersoll 1872: Celluloid: John W. Hyatt 1872: Adding machine: Edmund D. Barbour 1874: Electric street car: Stephen Dudle Field 1874:.
Silver Age of Comic Books - debate, but it is thought the period began with DC Comics Showcase #4 which successfully introduced the modernized version of The Flash. Under the editorship of Julius Schwartz, this was the first of a series of revised old characters into more modern versions such as Green Lantern, The Atom and Hawkman. The success of these character helped the company find a viable genre that could make for successful properties under the restrictions of the Comics Code. This success helped breath in new life in the comic book medium and sales began to recover from the debacle of the blacklash on horror and crime comics. The period also saw the rise of Marvel Comics under the guidance of writer/editor Stan Lee and artists/cowriters Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko which introduced more complex.
Starman (DC Comics Golden Age) - Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America. Created by Gardner Fox and Jack Burnley, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 (1941). Starman wears a costume of red and green tights, with a helmet with a fin on the top. He wields a gravity rod (later cosmic rod) which allows him to fly and to manipulate energy, at times in a manner similar to Green Lantern's ring. As Ted Knight, he is an astronomer and an expert scientist, having developed the rods himself. He was a member of the Justice Society for much of the 1940s. As revealed in the series The Golden Age, Starman suffered a nervous breakdown in the early 1950s when he realized that his work had helped bring about the horrors of the.
Planets in science fiction - — Mary Gentle's Golden Witchbreed (post-holocaust/medieval aliens) Pern — Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series (people ride genetically-engineered dragons) Riverworld — Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series (all humans of history) Rubanis — Valerian series (ultra-capitalist) Sangre — Norman Spinrad's Men in the Jungle (cannibalism) Shora — Joan Slonczewski's A Door into Ocean (waterbound culture) Solaria - Isaac Asimov's Robot series. People grow up isolated, and eventually lead totally solitary lives, doing all their interactive via telepresence. Tiamat — Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen (matriarchy/monarchy) Some Fantasy Worlds are also depicted as alien planets. Unusual Physical environment Typical examples are one-climate planets — deserts, waterworlds, arctic conditions and especially jungles. Abyormen — Hal Clement's Cycle of Fire (temperature extremes) Arrakis — Frank Herbert's Dune (desert world) Ballybran — Anne McCaffrey's Crystal.
Marvel Universe - shared universe was not new or unique to comics in 1961, writer/editor Stan Lee, together with several artists including Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko created a series of titles where events in one book would have reprecussions in another title and serialized stories would show characters grow and change. Headline characters in one title would make cameo or guest appearances in other books. Eventually many of the leading heroes assembled into a team known as The Avengers. Over time, a few of Marvel Comics writers lobbied Marvel editors to incorporate the idea of a multiverse; this plot device allows one to create several fictional universe which normally do not overlap. What happens on Earth in the main Marvel Universe would normally have no effect on what happens on a parallel earth.
List of comic books - The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot From Hell by Alan Moore (author) and Eddie Campbell (artist) Marshal Law by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (author) and David Lloyd (artist) Viz comic Classic newspaper strips Andy Capp Fred Basset Hagar the Horrible The Gambols Modesty Blaise The Perishers Rupert Bear United States Abstract Studio Strangers In Paradise by Terry Moore Fantagraphics Books Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware Eightball by Daniel Clowes Frank by Jim Woodring Hate by Peter Bagge Naughty Bits by Roberta Gregory Palestine by Joe Sacco Love and Rockets by Jaime and Gilbert Hernadez DC Comics Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger Blackhawk created by Will Eisner The Books of Magic, by.
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Lock picking - and doing so is fun to them. Usually it is possible to bypass a lock without picking it. Most common locks can be quickly and easily opened using a drill, bolt cutters, or a hydraulic jack, or the hasp, door, or fixture they are attached to can be cut or broken. A lock that offers high resistance to picking does not necessarily make unauthorized access more difficult, but it will make surreptitious unauthorized access more difficult. Locks are often used in combination with alarms to provide layered security. Note: the possession of lock-picking implements may be illegal in some jurisdictions. Wikipedia does not give legal advice. Techniques to pick different types of locks Pin tumbler locks Pin tumbler lock: A tension wrench (or torque wrench) is used to apply a torque.
Kangaroo Jack - Kangaroo Jack Kangaroo Jack is a high-grossing buddy-action movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, starring Jerry O'Connell and Christopher Walken. It premiered in the United States on January 11, 2003. The advertising campaign had made many parents think that the movie was a family-friendly film with a talking kangaroo. Once they took their children to see the movie, many parents were angry that they had been deceived by the campaign. After a successful opening week, the movie did considerably worse business once its eroticism and violence were revealed. Users of the Internet Movie Database have voted the film a position on the site's list of the 100 worst films ever made..
