A quill pen is a writing implement made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, the metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen. The hand-cut goose quill is rarely used as a calligraphy tool, because many papers are now derived from wood pulp and wear down the quill very quickly. However, it is still the tool of choice for a few professionals and provides an unmatched sharp stroke as well as greater flexibility than a steel pen.
In a carefully prepared quill the slit does not widen through wetting and drying with ink. It will retain its shape adequately and only requires infrequent sharpening and can be used time and time again until there is little left of it. The hollow shaft of the feather (the calamus) acts as an ink reservoir and ink flows to the tip by capillary action.
The strongest quills come from the primary flight feathers discarded by birds during their annual moult. Generally the left wing (it is supposed) is favored by the right-handed majority of writers because the feather curves away from the sight line, over the back of the hand. The quill barrel is cut to six or seven inches in length, so no such consideration of curvature or 'sight-line' is necessary. Additionally, writing with the left-hand in the long era of the quill was discouraged, and quills were never sold as left and right-handed, only by their size and species.
Quill was an experimental United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) program of the 1960s, which orbited the first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to produce images of the Earth's surface from space. Radar-imaging spacecraft of this design were not intended to be deployed operationally, since it was known that this system’s resolution, inferior to that of concurrent experimental airborne systems, would not serve that purpose. Instead, the program's predominant goal was to show whether the propagation of radar waves through a large volume of the atmosphere and ionosphere would dangerously degrade the performance of the synthetic aperture feature.
A detailed description of the program has been made available on-line by NRO.
Although only one satellite was needed, a backup model and an engineering model were also produced. Because the first one, OPS 3762, accomplished all of the project’s test objectives, only that one was launched. According to an official NRO history, “In the first 20 years of reconnaissance satellite program activity in the United States, Quill was … the only satellite of any nature to proceed from start to finish with a perfect record in launch, orbital operations, readout, and recovery.”
Quill is the only album by the band of the same name, released in 1970 on the Cotillion Records label. Although largely ignored upon release, the album has regained "cult" status with the advent of modern technology, such as downloading. The album is notable for its use of both minimalist (Yellow Butterfly, Too Late) and extravagant (They Live The Life, BBY, Shrieking Finally) sounds, on the same album. It is commonly criticized for its heavy use of unconventional chord changes and odd sound dynamics, which sometimes range from standard blues changes to completely original chord patterns and its mostly pessimistic, often dark lyrics. For many reasons, the album was not a critical, nor commercial success.
Like many other albums of this time, the album was produced solely by the members of the band themselves.
All songs composed by Jon and Dan Cole, unless otherwise noted.
Actors: Mark Adams (actor), Roddy Allen (actor), Steven Anthony (actor), Robert Atkinson (actor), Stephen Ball (actor), Neil Barry (actor), Cass Bromley (actor), Sean Buttimer (actor), Joe Byrne (actor), Philip Campbell (actor), Frank Cannon (actor), Rob James Capel (actor), Damian Carr (actor), Adam Mac Giolla Catháin (actor), Gary Adams (actor),
Plot: A violent and gritty retelling of the life of Grainne Uaile, the 16th century Pirate Queen from Ireland. She was a fighter, a pirate and a tough woman, carving her mark in a mans world. This exciting film is violent, dark, brutal, exciting and often darkly comic. The ultimate female action hero steeped in ancient Irish history.
Keywords: 16th-century, irish-history, the-pirate-queenActors: Adam Briggs (actor), Garret Camilleri (actor), Jason Chanos (actor), Ronnie Clark (actor), Michael Cline (actor), B. Anthony Cohen (actor), Spencer Davis (actor), Jack Dimich (actor), Robert Donnelly (actor), Adam Donshik (actor), Charles Emmett (actor), Mark E. Fletcher (actor), Jack David Frank (actor), Steve B. Green (actor), Mark Arnold (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Robert Bennett (actor), Humphrey Erm (actor), Carlton Fitzgerald (actor), Nick White (actor), Michelle Nardone (producer), Michelle Nardone (producer), Anja Perl (producer), Christian Claus (writer), Humphrey Erm (writer), Humphrey Erm (writer), Humphry Erm (writer), Ben Dobson (composer), Jon Elridge (composer), Humphrey Erm (director), Humphry Erm (director),
Plot: On a quiet evening in the 1800s, an author is busy writing a masterpiece. To light up his desk, a young and enthusiastic candle stands beside him, at first excited about the prospect of being useful but sadly disillusioned when he realizes just how short his life will be if he remains lit. With the help of his new friends, the inkwell and the quill, he comes to terms with the basic facts of life but will he live long enough to appreciate it?
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Kevin D. Atkinson (actor), Kevin Bacon (actor), Dale Beasley (actor), Brandon Belknap (actor), Stephen Blackehart (actor), Edrick Browne (actor), Danny Cosmo (actor), Gerardo Davila (actor), Connor Day (actor), Mark De Alessandro (actor), Kurt DeVille (actor), Nathan Fillion (actor), Gabriel Geer (actor), Zach Gilford (actor), Steve Agee (actor),
Plot: Frank Darrbo is a hapless fry cook. When his wife Sarah falls off the wagon and dumps him for Jacques, a drug dealer, Frank tries to get her back by reporting her kidnapped, grabbing her from Jacques' car, and wailing for her to return. After watching Christian TV and having a vision, he becomes a superhero to fight evil. He sews a costume, finds a weapon (a pipe wrench) and looks for crimes to stop. He has problems: his wrench inflicts real injury, so the cops want him for being a vigilante, his sense of boundaries is flawed, and Jacques' gang has guns. Libby, a clerk at a comic book store, becomes his sidekick, and it's time to go save Sarah. What chance do they have?
Keywords: absurdism, anal-rape, animated-credits, apartment, arm-blown-off, bad-liar, bare-breasts, bare-butt, bare-chested-male, bazookaActors: Michael Dobson (actor), Brian Drummond (actor), Alessandro Juliani (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Mark Oliver (actor), Lee Tockar (actor), Lee Tockar (actor), Lee Tockar (actor), Kathleen Barr (actress), Kathleen Barr (actress), Kathleen Barr (actress), Britt McKillip (actress), Kelly Sheridan (actress), Kelly Sheridan (actress), Michael Dobson (actor),
Plot: Elina is a flower fairy who discovers that her home of Magic Meadow has been overcome by a horrible malady that is killing the flowers and making the fairies unable to fly. With the help of Bibble, a puffball and a giant butterfly named Hue she attempts to find Azura, a Guardian Fairy. She's challenged along the way by the evil Laverna who wants to usurp the Enchantress, the ruler of Fairytopia.
Keywords: barbie, fairy, fairy-tale, fantasy-worldActors: Beat (actor), Eri (actor), Yukio Hide (actor), Tarô Ishida (actor), Teruyuki Kagawa (actor), Kaoru Kobayashi (actor), Mantarô Koichi (actor), Laffy (actor), Yawara Matsuda (actor), Kenji Mizuhashi (actor), Mon (actor), Tomohiro Nakagawa (actor), Reiko Nieda (actor), Katsuya Nomaura (actor), Apollo (actor),
Plot: As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet firm trainer Satoru Tawada. Although Quill is a little slower than the other dogs at the school, he seems to have an unusual 'empathy' and remarkable patience with his trainers. Tawade decides that Quill would be the ideal guide dog for Mitsuru Watanabe, but Wanatabe, a lonely and ill-tempered middle aged man, isn't as enthusiastic - he would "would rather sleep than be dragged around by a dog.". From here, the story is narrated by Wanatabe's daughter, Mitsuko, and slowly, Wantanbe is rehabilitated, venturing into the outside world, and learning, not only to trust other humans, but the animal at his side who guides him.
Keywords: based-on-novel, dog, japanese, puppy, seeing-eye-dog, tearjerkerActors: Emanuel Arruda (actor), James Binkley (actor), Peter Costigan (actor), Philip DeWilde (actor), Carlos Diaz (actor), James Downing (actor), Dan Duran (actor), Neville Edwards (actor), Kelly Fiddick (actor), David Gardner (actor), John Jay Hebert (actor), Michael Louis Johnson (actor), Rogue Johnston (actor), Richard Klagsbrun (actor), Garfield Andrews (actor),
Plot: Thirteen years after the original Robocop, Delta City, considered to be "The Safest Place On Earth!", has become a futuristic city owned and operated by OCP, and RoboCop, Alex Murphy has begun to feel his age. Murphy finds himself nearly obsolete, and must deal with the fact that his now-grown son James is an OCP executive, unaware that his father is still alive. Also, Murphy's former partner, John Cable, has returned to Delta City as its new Security Commander. But slowly, new enemies arise, and Murphy and Cable begin an investigation into a mysterious villain known as the Bone Machine, unaware that they are coming dangerously close to exposing an evil group of OCP executives known as The Trust... which James Murphy is a part of. Desperate to prevent their sinister plans from being revealed, The Trust programs Murphy to kill John Cable...
Keywords: action-hero, ak-47, automatic-pistol, based-on-film, brutal-cop, brutality, car-chase, character-name-in-title, cyberpunk, cyborgActors: Nigel Bennett (actor), Chris Benson (actor), Kim Coates (actor), Lowell Conrad (actor), Tony Craig (actor), Vic Cummings (actor), Tony De Santis (actor), Ron Gabriel (actor), Bruce McFee (actor), Michael A. Miranda (actor), Thomas Mitchell (actor), Dick Murphy (actor), Tony Nappo (actor), Dave Nichols (actor), Walter Alza (actor),
Plot: Teddy Harrison has just recently retired from Scotland Yard and is planning to retire to a sheep ranch in Australia. However, it appears that he is not looking forward to it. And before he goes he wants to visit his estranged daughter who lives in New York. Once he gets there he discovers that her boyfriend is a police detective. He is currently working on a case, involving a serial killer, who appeared to have stopped killing a few years ago, but appears to have resumed. However, Inspector Harrison doesn't think that is what is going on.
Keywords: serial-killerActors: Gianni Garko (actor), Franco Marletta (actor), Julián Mateos (actor), Fernando Rey (actor), Leonardo Scavino (actor), Frank Wolff (actor), Giovanna Ralli (actress), Karin Schubert (actress), José Frade (producer), Leo Anchóriz (writer), Leo Anchóriz (writer), Tito Carpi (writer), Tito Carpi (writer), Enzo G. Castellari (writer), Enzo G. Castellari (writer),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: O.B. Clarence (actor), Alfred Drayton (actor), Hubert Harben (actor), Mervyn Johns (actor), Charles Lefeaux (actor), Leon M. Lion (actor), Cecil Parker (actor), Hugh Wakefield (actor), Tom Walls (actor), Harold Warrender (actor), Yvonne Arnaud (actress), Leonora Corbett (actress), Jane Cornell (actress), Dorothy Galbraith (actress), Anne Grey (actress),
Plot: Walls plays an Englishman who's assigned the task of transporting a Queen(Yvonne Arnaud) of a revolution-torn country to England incognito. Hiding her in his London apartment, then his country house gives rise to many misunderstandings among his employees, friends and his Fianceé.
Genres: Comedy, Thriller,I will never leave, in the shadows I belong
In the shadows I belong
Silver skies and butterflies
Bring me to where freedom lies
Give me what I need and all I praise
Won´t trade my soul for nothing else
Was blind, I see clearly now
alright, I have found peace
I will never leave, in the shadows I belong
Until the day I die, I´ll be hiding from the sun
I will never leave, in the shadows I belong
In the shadows I belong
I´m giving in, I steal your wings
Cause I´m the one who´s suffering
If I can´t make it on my own this time
I will have another try, I will have another try
Was blind, I see clearly now
alright, I have found peace
I will never leave, in the shadows I belong
Until the day I die, I´ll be hiding from the sun
I will never leave, in the shadows I belong
Until the day I die, I won´t rest until I´m done
I will never leave, in the shadows
Until the day I die, I´ll be hiding
I will never leave, in the shadows I belong
In the shadows I belong
A quill pen is a writing implement made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, the metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen. The hand-cut goose quill is rarely used as a calligraphy tool, because many papers are now derived from wood pulp and wear down the quill very quickly. However, it is still the tool of choice for a few professionals and provides an unmatched sharp stroke as well as greater flexibility than a steel pen.
In a carefully prepared quill the slit does not widen through wetting and drying with ink. It will retain its shape adequately and only requires infrequent sharpening and can be used time and time again until there is little left of it. The hollow shaft of the feather (the calamus) acts as an ink reservoir and ink flows to the tip by capillary action.
The strongest quills come from the primary flight feathers discarded by birds during their annual moult. Generally the left wing (it is supposed) is favored by the right-handed majority of writers because the feather curves away from the sight line, over the back of the hand. The quill barrel is cut to six or seven inches in length, so no such consideration of curvature or 'sight-line' is necessary. Additionally, writing with the left-hand in the long era of the quill was discouraged, and quills were never sold as left and right-handed, only by their size and species.
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