Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the family of Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersal of the seeds.
The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa. Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds.
The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient India (modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India). Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.
The Cotton Motorcycle Company, was a British motorcycle manufacturer of 11a Bristol Road, Gloucester, and was founded by Frank Willoughby Cotton in 1918. F.W. presided over the company until his retirement in 1953. The company was reconstituted as E. Cotton (Motorcycles) Ltd, and traded until 1980. The marque was later resurrected in the late 1990s by a business which manufactured replicas of earlier machines.
By 1913, F.W. Cotton had engaged in hill climbs and trials, and recognised the limitations of the “diamond frame” design, little different from a bicycle. He designed his own, and had examples made by Levis. Being a lawyer, in 1914 he patented the "triangulated frame" to protect his design that was a Cotton feature until the Second World War. The First World War intervened and it was not until 1918 that the Cotton Motorcycle Company was founded; the first Cotton motorcycle appeared in 1920.
In 1922 Stanley Woods rode a Blackburne-engined Cotton to fifth in the 350 cc Junior TT, and the following year, won the 1923 Isle of Man TT, averaging 55.73 miles per hour (89.69 km/h), bettering Douglas rider, Manxman Tom Sheard’s winning 500 cc Senior TT time, an average of 53.15 miles per hour (85.54 km/h). Cotton motorcycles took a second and third in the Ultra Lightweight TT, and a second in the Lightweight TT. They only managed a second place in the 1925 Junior TT,and a second place in the lightweight TT but in the 1926 races, swept the field taking the first three places in the Lightweight TT. These victories helped establish Cotton as a race-winning machine, with exceptional handling for its time.
Cotton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Actors: Gerhard Acao (actor), Joross Gamboa (actor), Wendell Ramos (actor), Derek Ramsay (actor), Phillip Salvador (actor), Jasmine Curtis (actress), Arci Muñoz (actress), Renato Custodio Jr. (writer), Emerzon Texon (composer), Topel Lee (director),
Plot: Undercover is about a former criminal investigator named Roy Velasco (Derek Ramsay). He is known for bringing the nation's high profile law offenders, including smuggling lord Don Faustino a.k.a. Amang (played by Phillip Salavador). Being a highly decorated police officer, Roy lives a perfect life with his well-off family and loving fiancée Julia (played by Arci Muñoz). Things took a turn for the worse when he was kidnapped on his wedding day and was held captive on a cell specially designed for him. After six years of physical and psychological torture, Roy is released without knowing the identity of his captors. He returns home only to find out that Julia is already married to his adaptive brother Alex (played by Wendell Ramos). Forced to move on, Roy becomes motivated by his determination to find the person responsible for all his suffering. With the help of his fellow investigator Cotton (played by Gerard Acao), IT expert Claire (played by Jasmine Curtis-Smith) and con-artist Jimboy (played by Joross Gamboa), Roy sets up a team of undercover vigilantes to know the identity of his captors while putting his enemies of the law behind bars. How will Roy figure out who is the mastermind behind his six years of captivity? Will Roy be able to get justice? What will Julia do when she learns that Roy is still alive? Will they choose to let go of their love story or will they have a forbidden romance?
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Keith Arndt (actor), David Bailie (actor), Frank Bettag (actor), Lucas Cheadle (actor), Barry Cullison (actor), Christopher DesRoches (actor), Jack Donner (actor), Frank Giarmona (actor), Steven Gurr (actor), Martin Horsey (actor), Albert Lund (actor), Fred Maske (actor), Omar Mohammed (actor), Cory Montgomery (actor), Adam Allee (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Matt Baldoni (actor), Sun King Davis (actor), Vaughn Irving (actor), John W. Link (producer), Sun King Davis (writer), John W. Link (writer), Sun King Davis (director), John W. Link (director), Sun King Davis (editor), Isaiah Headen (editor),
Plot: A mockumentary about 3 brothers who are drawn together because one has a compulsive involvement in a series of spiritual cults. The older 2 have just extracted their younger sibling from the latest ('The Rose') and are attempting to 'de-program' him, only to be deprogrammed themselves.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Owen Benjamin (actor), Charlene Helen Berry (actor), Mark Bonto (actor), Ewan Bourne (actor), Cedric the Entertainer (actor), Corey S. Chabot (actor), D.J. Coburger (actor), D.J. Coburger (actor), Christopher Dinnan (actor), Mike Dusi (actor), Jason Echols (actor), Michael Ellison (actor), Bill Engvall (actor), Blake Friedman (actor), Jonathan Alderman (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Mean Marc Ash (actor), Chris Bailey (actor), Steve Bass (actor), Bone Crusher (actor), Michael Braxton (actor), E-40 (actor), Zach Hanner (actor), David E. Heck (actor), Robert Johnson (actor), General Fermon Judd Jr. (actor), Big Daddy Kane (actor), Taylor Kowalski (actor), Michael L. Kuhn (actor), Bill Ladd (actor), Jerrelle Anderson (actor),
Plot: In Miami, four small time thieves leaded by Ski decide to rob a bank in the small town of Maysville. The lord Hustle demands a 10% commission and sends his experienced bodyguard Ackson to help the gang in their plan. He goes to the target bank to check the security system, but Ski decides to anticipate the plan for that afternoon. They succeed in the heist, but Deputy Kate activates the alarm and one of the criminals shoots Deputy Duff. When the bank is under siege of the police force, they are attacked by weird creatures. The former government agent Hunter comes to the bank and tells that the vampire zombies had been contaminated by an experimental virus developed by the government through the subjects that have escaped from the laboratory, attacking people in the New Moon to feed themselves. The group joins force to survive to the massive attack of the creatures.
Keywords: assisted-suicide, bag-of-money, bank, bitten-in-the-neck, bitten-on-the-arm, blood-on-shirt, blood-spatter, chase, corpse, covered-in-bloodActors: Christopher Adamson (actor), Geoffrey Alch (actor), Gregory Allen (actor), Chris M. Allport (actor), Aesop Aquarian (actor), Lee Arenberg (actor), Clive Ashborn (actor), Clive Ashborn (actor), Peter Donald Badalamenti II (actor), David Bailie (actor), Angus Barnett (actor), Andy Beckwith (actor), Andy Beckwith (actor), Brendyn Bell (actor), Christopher Adamson (actor),
Plot: Jack Sparrow is trapped in Davy Jones' Locker, when he finds that Will Turner, Barbossa, Elizabeth Swann and Tia Dalma had sailed to World's End to get him back. But while they are doing that, Beckket starts to get his revenge on pirates by using Davy Jones. This leads to a dramatic climax as Tia - who is really Calypso, Davy Jones' lover - unleashed a storm, and the two ships - the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman, commanded by Elizabeth (the new pirate "king" thanks to Jack) and Davy Jones respectectly.
Keywords: 1720s, afterlife, altered-version-of-studio-logo, angel-on-shoulder, anti-hero, apostrophe-in-title, based-on-theme-park-attraction, bathhouse, beard, birdActors: Nej Adamson (actor), Hayati Akbas (actor), Stephen Ananicz (actor), Lee Arenberg (actor), Clive Ashborn (actor), Peter Donald Badalamenti II (actor), David Bailie (actor), Max Baker (actor), Andy Beckwith (actor), Mark Bedell (actor), Nathan Belt (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Rusty 'Gravestone' Bolin (actor), John Boswall (actor), Christopher Adamson (actor),
Plot: Once again we're plunged into the world of sword fights and "savvy" pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow is reminded he owes a debt to Davy Jones, who captains the flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship, with a crew from hell. Facing the "locker" Jack must find the heart of Davy Jones but to save himself he must get the help of quick-witted Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan. If that's not complicated enough, Will and Elizabeth are sentenced to hang, unless will can get Lord Cutler Beckett Jack's compass, Will is forced to join another crazy adventure with Jack.
Keywords: 1700s, altered-version-of-studio-logo, anti-hero, apostrophe-in-title, arrest, axe, based-on-theme-park-attraction, bat, beach, bell-towerActors: Lee Arenberg (actor), Mike Babcock (actor), David Bailie (actor), Angus Barnett (actor), Michael Berry Jr. (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Matthew Bowyer (actor), Matthew Bowyer (actor), Jordi Caballero (actor), Christopher S. Capp (actor), Félix Castro (actor), Brye Cooper (actor), Mackenzie Crook (actor), Jack Davenport (actor), Gregory Alosio (actor),
Plot: This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made.
Keywords: 1700s, 18th-century, anchor, anti-hero, apple, army, arrest, attack, backhand-slap, bar-brawlActors: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (actor), Harry Bernard (actor), Harry Bernard (actor), Georgie Billings (actor), Harry Bowen (actor), John 'Uh huh' Collum (actor), Bobby DeWar (actor), Dick Gilbert (actor), Dick Gilbert (actor), Donald Haines (actor), Henry Hanna (actor), Jack Hill (actor), Jack Hill (actor), Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins (actor), Bobbie 'Cotton' Beard (actor),
Plot: Filled with stories of Aladdin's magic lamp, the gang starts rubbing every lamp in sight in hopes of finding the one with the magic. A series of coincidences leads the gang to think they've found the magic lamp, and a helpful vaudeville magician augments the illusion. After Spanky decides to wish that Stymie's little brother Cotton was a monkey, an escaped chimpanzee shows up and frightens Cotton away. The gang believes the wish has come true and mayhem ensues as they try to keep the police from shooting the runaway simian.
Keywords: children, magician, our-gang, racial-stereotype, two-reelerActors: Frank Austin (actor), Matthew Betz (actor), Jules Cowles (actor), Alec B. Francis (actor), Joseph W. Girard (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor), Edward Everett Horton (actor), John Miljan (actor), Conrad Nagel (actor), Louise Fazenda (actress), May McAvoy (actress), Harvey Gates (writer), Joseph Jackson (writer), Edgar Wallace (writer),
Genres: Horror, Mystery,If I came back to the land of cotton
Would you love just me?
Old loves lost are never forgotten
That's the way it's supposed to be
Are you short or are you long?
Are you easy to see?
Are you weak or are you strong?
Makes no never to me
All the ballerina sees when her world's on fire
Is where she puts her feet
If she burns her toes, she'll just jump higher
Never skip a beat
I've been good most of the time
Since you last saw me
You come 'cross my mind from time to time
Now look at me
I'm standing at your door with my heart in your hands
Ain't you gonna ask me in?
If you say, "No", I'll understand dear
And never come South again
If I came back to the land of cotton
Would you love just me?
Old loves lost are never forgotten
That's the way it's supposed to be
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the family of Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersal of the seeds.
The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa. Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds.
The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient India (modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India). Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.