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The Red Balloon


locks Pascal up in his office. Later, after being set free, Pascal and the balloon encounter a little girl (Sabine Lamorisse) with a blue balloon that also seems to have a mind of its own, just like the red one. One Sunday, the balloon is told to stay home while Pascal and his mother go to church. However, it follows them through the open window and into the church, and they are led out by a scolding beadle. As Pascal and the balloon wander around the neighborhood,
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The Red Balloon


The Red Balloon () is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-five-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighbourhood of Paris. Lamorisse used his children as actors in the film. His son, Pascal, plays himself in the main role, and his daughter, Sabine, portrays a little girl. The film won numerous awards,
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Girl with Balloon


/noinclude Girl with Balloon (also, Balloon Girl or Girl and Balloon) is a 2002-started London series of stencil murals by the graffiti artist Banksy, depicting a young girl with her hand extended toward a red heart-shaped balloon carried away by the wind. The first work was on Waterloo Bridge, and other murals were around London, though none remain there. Banksy has several times used variants of this design to support social campaigns: in 2005 about the West Bank barrier, in 2014 about the Syrian refugee crisis, and
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Fish Heads Fugue and Other Tales for Twilight


for a loaf of bread and then passes it on to the young girl. A lonely red balloon floats down a hallway. It stops to hover by a grotesque couple, gorging themselves on an opulent feast. The couple gaze at each other through richly designed fish masks. The balloon then passes on, reaching a tavern. The pianist is there, and three old men sit enraptured by a woman on stage. The young girl, who has made her way to the room as well, watches as one of the men
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Virgin Balloon Flights


Virgin Balloon Flights, with headquarters in Telford, Shropshire, began flying hot air balloons in 1994 and its passengers are still flown in red and white balloons with the Virgin Group logo emblazoned on the side of the balloon. Virgin Balloon Flights owns and operate the largest passenger carrying balloon service in the United Kingdom as well as the largest balloon fleet in the UK. The company has over 100 launch sites throughout the United Kingdom (including Crowborough, Shrewsbury and Castle Fraser), employs more than 22 pilots who carry out the balloon
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Fish Heads Fugue and Other Tales for Twilight


casually swallows a pair of levitating playing cards. Following the red balloon, the girl appears to return home. She is encountered however, by a rotating contraption, depicting a series of intricate masks. Her house is revealed to also be such a contraption. The young girl then appears standing alone in the puppet theater. The old woman, who set up the show, is watching. She directs a mechanical fan toward the girl, and the girl, covering her eyes in apparent fear, is blown away. The woman
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The Red Balloon


it, he realizes it has a mind and will of its own. It begins to follow him wherever he goes, never straying far from him, and at times floating outside his bedroom window, as his mother will not allow it in their apartment. The balloon follows Pascal through the streets of Paris, and they draw a lot of attention and envy from other children as they wander the streets. At one point the balloon enters his classroom, causing an uproar from his classmates. The noise alerts the principal, who
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Thomas Harris (aviator)


year-old woman named Sophia Stocks "from the Haymarket", was badly injured. From Vauxhall, the wind had carried the balloon towards Croydon, where it crashed into an oak tree at Beddington Park near Carshalton. The accident was later blamed on Harris's own valve. The crash was observed by a gamekeeper, who gave evidence at the inquest: Harris's companion, Miss Sophia Stocks, was described by journalists present as an intrepid girl and was reported to have got into the balloon's gondola "with but slight
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The Red Balloon


, a poignant symbolization of dreams and the cruelty of those who puncture them." When the film was re-released in the United States in late 2006 by Janus Films, "Entertainment Weekly" magazine film critic Owen Gleiberman praised its direction and simple story line that reminded him of his youth, and wrote, "More than any other children's film, "The Red Balloon" turns me into a kid again whenever I see it...[to] see "The Red Balloon" is to laugh, and cry,
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The Red Balloon Learner Centres


Red Balloon Learner Centres, are UK specialist learner Centres providing a safe, full-time learning environment for children aged eleven to sixteen who have self excluded from mainstream school for reasons of being the victim of bullying, assault or trauma. The first Centre, in Cambridge, was set up in 1996. There are now five Centres: Cambridge, Norwich, North-West London, and Reading. There is also an online provision called "Red Balloon of the Air" whose aim is to provide a recovery programme online to
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Balloon Land


and a girl. The kids walk into a balloon forest. A tree scares them. We then see the Pincushion Man popping balloon rocks and trees. The two kids see the Pincushion Man and escape to sound the alarm. Balloon people run around and the kids run to the mayor's office, who says "HOLY SMOKES!". Balloon soldiers are made and try their best, but the villain pops some of them. He then pops a balloon caterpillar before the soldiers defeat him with balls of gum, rolling him
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The Red Balloon


Cannes, is a parody of "The Red Balloon". The music video for "Son of Sam" by Elliott Smith, from his 2000 album Figure 8, is a direct homage to "The Red Balloon". Hou Hsiao-hsien's 2007 film "Flight of the Red Balloon" is a direct homage to the film. A boy with a bright red balloon is featured in the epilogue of Damien Chazelle's 2016 musical film "La La Land". The film was first released on VHS by Embassy Home
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99 Luftballons


to simulate a UFO by launching 99 (one was lost from the original 100) aluminized Mylar balloons attached with ribbons to a traffic flare. The red flame from the flare reflected by the balloons gave the appearance of a large pulsating red object floating over Red Rock Canyon outside the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada. A direct translation of the title is sometimes given as "Ninety-Nine Air Balloons", but the song became known in English as "Ninety-Nine Red Balloons". The title "99 Red Balloons"
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Girl with Balloon


on the original art and posted a picture of it on Instagram before deleting it. Banksy posted this picture on his Facebook page with the comment "Controversial". In July 2017, a Samsung poll of 2,000 people from the United Kingdom asked participants to rank twenty pieces of British art. The poll's results listed "Balloon Girl" as the people's number one favourite artwork. In early June 2017 before the United Kingdom general election, Banksy introduced a variant of "Girl with Balloon" with the balloon coloured with the
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Better Out Than In


competing artist, OMAR NYC, who spray-painted over Banksy's red mylar balloon piece in Red Hook. OMAR NYC also defaced some of Banksy's work in May 2010. As a result of the continued defacement, fans rushed to the sites of the installments as soon as they are announced. A group of men took advantage of this and threatened to deface a stencil painting of a beaver in East New York, charging money for people to take photographs. Some took matters into their own hands by guarding the works,
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Baseball cheering culture in South Korea


early 1990s they made balloon sticks out of polyethylene. It has been evolving and now it is recyclable, as the sticks can be inflated for use then deflated for storage until the next game. Each club has its own color for the balloon sticks: SK Wyverns is red, Samsung Lions is blue, Doosan Bears is white, Kia Tigers is yellow, LG Twins is red, Nexen Heroes is pink and Hanwha Eagles is orange. Another interesting characteristic of Korean baseball cheering is fans wearing team uniform shirts with players' names
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Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) (song)


the tent where the Girls' Generation can be seen coming to life as the song begins to play. The girls then alternately switch to different costumes as the boy rubs the lamp once again, where in they are seen on an old television screen with a huge candy cane and colorful balloons. The music video ends with the boy rubbing the lamp again before magically disappearing into another scene where he is walking out of a limousine with Girls' Generation members meeting him on the red carpet at a premiere event. It is implied
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Grenadier (manga)


", who battles in an attempt to bring about world unity. Mikan Kurenai is an orphaned girl who comes from a family of balloon makers. Despite her young age, she is a master balloon artist, being able to construct balloons of all shapes and sizes. was adapted by Studio Live into an anime television series comprising 12 episodes. It began airing on WOWOW from October 14, 2004 till January 13, 2005. The opening theme is "Kohaku" and ending theme is by Mikuni Shimokawa. When the series was
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Red Balloon (2010 film)


and Dailymotion on 22 July 2011. It reached more than 100,000 views in a week. Red Balloon has now been seen more than 2 million times with over 1.5 million on this YouTube release. The directors, Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien Mace are working in post-production visual effects and "Red Balloon" is their directorial debut. "Red Balloon" was shot with RedCam 4K, it includes challenging CG shots present in the trailer, with a team of 30 professionals including Jean Clement Soret for the grading (Danny Boyle
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The Red Balloon


a gang of older boys, who are envious of the balloon, steal it while Pascal is inside a bakery and throw stones at it; however, he manages to retrieve it. Following a chase through narrow alleyways, the boys finally catch up to them. They hold Pascal back as they bring it down with sling shots before one of the boys finishes it off by stomping on it. The film ends as all the other balloons in Paris come to Pascal's aid and take him on a cluster balloon ride over the
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Hot air ballooning


their hot air balloon crashes in the uncharted Amazon jungle. In the 1984 miniseries "V: The Final Battle", humans defeat the alien visitors by dropping red dust from hot air balloons. In "The Simpsons", episode 328, "Co-Dependent's Day" from season 15, originally aired on Sunday, March 21, 2004, at the end, when Marge asks Homer who is watching the kids, the scene cuts to Bart and Lisa in the basket of a hot air balloon. In "The
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The Best Damn Thing


songs "Runaway" and "Alone" were compared to each other. "When You're Gone" is a power ballad with a piano and synth introduction. "Everything Back But You" was compared to "99 Red Balloons" and Sum 41. The songs "One of Those Girls" and "Contagious" were highlighted for their chugging metallic guitars [One of Those Girls] and overlapping vocal lines [Contagious]. On 25 May 2007, songwriters James Gangwer and Tommy Dunbar sued Lavigne, her co-songwriter
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Only Girl (In the World)


fairy tale"-inspired ensemble and walking through a set of flowers against a sunset. Two days later, Rihanna sang "Only Girl (In the World)" on the Italian version of "The X Factor" in a floral-print bikini, boots and a red pigtail. The next day she flew to France to sing the song on "Le Grand Journal", on a set covered with white balloons. The singer returned to London on November 11 to record an interview for "The Graham Norton Show", which included
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The Red Balloon


The Red Balloon" may be the most seamless fusion of capitalism and Christianity ever put on film. A young boy invests in a red balloon the love of which places him on the outside of society. The balloon is hunted down and killed on a barren hilltop–-think Calvary–-by a mob of cruel boys. The ending, a bizarre emotional sucker punch, is straight out of the New Testament. Thus is investment rewarded-–with Christian transcendence or, at least, an old-fashioned Assumption. This might be sweet. Or it might be
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1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash


turned off the gas burners before impact. The male pilot and ten of the passengers were Australian. Six of the passengers were male and six female. One male passenger was Danish and another male passenger was an Italian who lived in Monaco. All of the passengers were adults. The descent reportedly lasted 51 seconds. Witness statements said the balloon "folded and fell to earth" and that it "fell to the ground like a streamer". A tourist in another balloon said, The tear in the stricken balloon's red
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Helium


suffocated in Vancouver in 2003 and two adults who suffocated in South Florida in 2006. In 1998, an Australian girl (her age is not known) from Victoria fell unconscious and temporarily turned blue after inhaling the entire contents of a party balloon. Inhaling helium directly from pressurized cylinders or even balloon filling valves is extremely dangerous, as high flow rate and pressure can result in barotrauma, fatally rupturing lung tissue. Death caused by helium is rare. The first media-recorded case was that of a 15-year-old girl from
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Lavender (2016 film)


records reveal that Jane owns the farmhouse and it has been cared for by Patrick, who is her uncle. Liam suggests that Jane visit the house to try to recover repressed memories. When Jane is released from hospital, the family decides to visit the farmhouse and meet Patrick, who lives at the next farm. Jane finds a red balloon in the fields, with a key on a "Welcome Home" tag. A clerk at a local antiques store shows Jane a framed front page of a 1985 newspaper, detailing the
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Little Inferno


a little girl, Sugar Plumps, who turns out to be the character's neighbor and has a Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace of her own. She is usually slightly crazy but is excitable and bubbly, but as the character goes on she turns into a bit of a pyromaniac and takes on a slightly more disturbing persona. The Weather Man, "over the smoke stacks, over the city" in his balloon, continues to report on the dreary state of the weather as the game progresses, and calls out several major events
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Schindler's List


Roma Ligocka, who was known in the Kraków Ghetto for her red coat. Ligocka, unlike her fictional counterpart, survived the Holocaust. After the film was released, she wrote and published her own story, "The Girl in the Red Coat: A Memoir" (2002, in translation). According to a 2014 interview of family members, the girl in red was inspired by Kraków resident Genya Gitel Chil. The opening scene features a family observing Shabbat. Spielberg said that "to start the film with the candles
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Tiny Broadwick


his wife (with her own family later unclear on the relationship). Although she would eventually make her jumps from an airplane, in her earlier career she was jumping from balloons. Billed as "the doll girl," Tiny began performing aerial skydives and stunts while wearing a "life preserver" designed by her adopted father. On December 28, 1908, Tiny made her very first jump out of a hot air balloon. The skydiving family traveled around and performed at fairs, carnivals, and parks. The appeal of
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It's Hummer Time


with a red balloon on top. After launching it into the air, the hummingbird paints a picture of the cat onto the balloon and drags it down to the bulldog, who notices the cat's image and then says (quoting Tweety during the process): "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" The dog eventually pops the balloon containing the cat's picture, and then tugs the fishing line containing the fuchsia petals, prompting the cat to pull him over to his location. The dog then pulls the cat
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White Mane


lead only to bitter disappointment, unless the kids refuse to grow up." On March 19, 1967, it was paired with the 1959 US short "The Boy Who Owned a Melephant" as an episode of the television anthology series "The CBS Children's Film Festival". In late 2007, the film, along with director Albert Lamorisse's later short "The Red Balloon" (1956), was restored and rereleased by Janus Films. The film was remastered by Janus Films in 35mm format. A four
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History of military ballooning


Balloons also were used at sea, particularly by the US Navy for anti-submarine work. The Red Army of the Soviet Union used Observation Balloons for artillery spotting. 8 "Aeronautical Sections" existed and 19,985 observation flights were performed by balloonists of the Red Army during the war, clocking up 20,126 flight hours. 110 Soviet Observation Balloons were lost. The US military developed high-altitude ballooning programs for nuclear detection and surveillance, such as Project Mogul (linked to the Roswell Incident), Project Genetrix and Project Moby Dick
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Observation balloon


to be used at sea for anti-submarine purposes towards the end of World War I. The Red Army of the Soviet Union used Observation Balloons for artillery spotting. 8 "Aeronautical Sections" existed and 19,985 observation flights were performed by balloonists of the Red Army during the Second World War, clocking up 20,126 flight hours. 110 Soviet Observation Balloons were lost. Observation balloons also played a role during the Cold War; for example, Project Mogul used high-altitude observation balloons to monitor Soviet nuclear tests. However, heavier-
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Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons


Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons is a satirical work authored by Peter Schickele under the pseudonym P.D.Q. Bach, whose works and life Schickele purports to study. It is a concerto featuring the aforementioned bagpipes, bicycle and balloons as solo musical instruments accompanied by a string orchestra. In Schickele's own words during the introduction, "The title, "Pervertimento" is... not P.D.Q. Bach's own. As a matter of fact, it was not so much a title as an opinion of the people who first played it"
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The Red Balloon


including an Oscar for Lamorisse for writing the Best Original Screenplay in 1956 and the Palme d'Or for short films at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It also became popular with children and educators. It is the only short film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and to receive a nomination for anything besides Best Live Action Short Film. The film follows Pascal (Pascal Lamorisse), a young boy who, on his way to school one morning, discovers a large helium-filled red balloon. As he plays with
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1982 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony


of the crowd joined in during the chorus of the song. The children, meanwhile, had formed the Commonwealth Games logo in the centre of a blue circle. When the song finished, 50,000 red, white, and blue balloons were released. This was touted by Geraldine Doogue who was co-presenting the ABC's coverage of the event, as "the largest balloon display ever". Geraldine added that it had taken "120 people ... five hours and 100 cylinders of helium and balloon gas to blow 'em up.
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Keep Your Enemies Close


the center of the platform on the set). Each pair of contestants explains why they are best friends before playing the first game of the show, Tube Strike. The conceit of Tube Strike is for the two best friends to navigate a large clear balloon to the opposite end of the playing area, use the balloon to knock down a target illuminated in the team's color, before returning to the center of the playing area to hit a red balloon (causing it to burst). The team who succeeds earns the
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Wonder Bread


May 21, 1921, following a blind promotion with ads that only stated a "Wonder" was coming on that date. The brand was named by vice president for merchandising development Elmer Cline, who was inspired by the International Balloon Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Cline was filled with "wonder" by the scene of hundreds of balloons creating a kaleidoscope of color resulting in the iconic red, yellow and blue balloons featured on the Wonder Bread logo. The logo was designed by commercial artist Drew Miller while he was on
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Five Weeks in a Balloon (film)


Hardwicke, who had just enjoyed a Broadway success in "A Majority of One", was cast in the lead. Fabian, who had a long term contract with Fox, signed to play a support role. Another key role went to Red Buttons who, like Fabian, had just been in Fox's "The Longest Day" (1962). There was a race between two producers attempting to be the first to film the story: Allen and the Woolner Brothers, who made "Flight of the Lost Balloon"
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The Red Balloon


list of programming on Classic Arts Showcase. Since its first release in 1956, the film has generally received overwhelmingly favorable reviews from critics. The film critic for "the New York Times", Bosley Crowther, hailed the simple tale and praised director Lamorisse, writing that "Yet with the sensitive cooperation of his own beguiling son and with the gray-blue atmosphere of an old Paris quarter as the background for the shiny balloon, he has got here a tender, humorous drama of the ingenuousness of a child and, indeed
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Flight of the Red Balloon


Flight of the Red Balloon () is a 2007 French-Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is the first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, and tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-hsien's first non-Asian film. It references the classic 1956 French short "The Red Balloon" directed by Albert Lamorisse. The
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Rainbow War


a trail of yellow light through the air, and gets an idea of his own; a blue hot air balloon, which his people can also use to visit the other lands! After he has seen enough of the Blue Kingdom, the Yellow boy lands in the Red kingdom and falls in love with the Red Princess, and she with him. He gives her his golden scarf, and in return, she gives him a red flower. When the Red guards see this yellow intruder, they attempt to detain him,
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Dunno


), who took balloonists to the hospital to care for them. As Doono (who escaped from the balloon by parachute before the crash) is absent, Dunno describes himself to girl-Mites as balloon inventor and boy-Mites' leader. When he visits the hospital, he talks boy-Mites into supporting his version of facts, in exchange promising to help them out of hospital as soon as possible. With the time, Dunno's lies are discovered and he's mocked by boy-Mites, but consoled by
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Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival


of the Ottawa International Airport on Leitrim Road. The balloon, while trying to land in an open field, struck some hydro wires after a sudden wind gust. It suddenly engulfed in flames. Boileau sustained multiple burns while trying to rescue his 15-year-old daughter, Julie, who was trapped inside the balloon's basket. Unfortunately, the rescue effort failed as the girl died instantly while two other people also sustained burns. Boileau, despite the fact that a subsequent Transport Canada report which mention that the accident was caused by
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The Red Balloon Learner Centres


children unable to access a physical Centre. Each Centre is a registered charity, as is Red Balloon Learner Centre Group, which provides centralised support for all Centres. The main aims of the Red Balloon are to: The staff and students at a Centre work together as a community. The Centres provide a range of activities such as textiles, clay-work, painting, African drumming, electric guitar and piano. Typical facilities include a purpose-made science lab, a technology studio, a landscaped garden and a therapy room
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Red Balloon (2010 film)


TV channels and paints her nails, obviously bored with her job. A news report is informing viewers of a criminal breaking out of a mental institute, but she ignores the show and nearly falls asleep. She wakes to apparently see a red balloon and too Dorothy next to the sofa, looking terrifying, but realises she has just woken up. Another scream is heard from Dorothy's room, who is now standing up in her bed, pointing at the rabbit from the pile of toys. Julie impatiently tucks her back into
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Sderot


passenger planes "Sderot" (4X-ECE). In January 2008, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York organized a display of 4,200 red balloons outside the headquarters of the United Nations. Each balloon represented a Qassam rocket that had been fired into Sderot, where for years the town and its surrounding area have been under near-constant bombardment by thousands of rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza. Consul David Saranga, who conceptualized the display, said he used the balloons as an opportunity to call upon the international
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Girl with Balloon


Balloon Debate" of the girl floating above the wall while holding onto a bunch of balloons. In March 2014, the third anniversary of the Syria conflict, Banksy reworked the painting to depict a Syrian refugee and added the hashtag #WithSyria. On 13 March, the image was projected on the Eiffel Tower and Nelson's Column. An animated video was released, featuring animation based on Banksy's work, narration by Idris Elba, and music by Elbow. In the following weeks, the singer Justin Bieber got a tattoo based
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Bingo (1998 film)


beside Dave's chair before leaving. The balloon girl calls Dave "Bingo" again, and when he tries to protest, he is interrupted by the harlequin shouting "Music, please!" again. The music begins playing again, and the screens also reappear, but are soon replaced by enormous, robotic faces. The balloon girl drifts away on a giant balloon, and a human-sized flea walks past with a sign announcing "The Money Guy." The harlequin returns briefly and orders the music to stop before
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Black Balloon (Goo Goo Dolls song)


"Black Balloon" is a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in June 1999 as the fourth single from the band's 1998 album, "Dizzy Up the Girl", and reached number three in Canada, number 16 in the United States, and number 76 in the United Kingdom. The song, according to lead singer John Rzeznik, is based on a woman who is struggling with a heroin addiction and her lover who is desperately trying to save her. He has also said that it is
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1982 Commonwealth Games


was again disqualified, this time in the 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay. Canada protested against the winners, Australia, as well as against their own disqualification. Elizabeth II closed the Games during a colourful ceremony, which included parachute jumpers (who had originally been also intended as part of the Opening Ceremony display) jumping and landing in a special target area within the stadium and red, white and blue balloons. Matilda the Kangaroo also winked at the Queen. Following the closing of the Games, the Queen and Duke left
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Union Army Balloon Corps


Institution, who became his greatest benefactor. On Henry's and others' recommendations, Lowe was contacted by Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, who invited him to Washington for an audience with Secretary of War Simon Cameron and the President. On 11 June 1861, Lowe was received by Lincoln and immediately offered to give the President a live demonstration with the balloon. On Saturday, 16 June, with his own balloon, the "Enterprise", Lowe ascended some above the Columbian Armory with a telegraph key and operator,
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Jeannette Piccard


", the balloon was again returned to the Piccards, who decided to fly it to the stratosphere on their own. Jean would concentrate on the science, while Jeannette would pilot the balloon. DeVorkin wrote that, "Energetic and forceful, she seemed to have a better chance of obtaining a pilot's license than Jean, who was preoccupied with restoring the gondola and balloon and convincing scientists to provide instruments to fly". She studied at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, under Edward J. Hill, a balloonist and Gordon
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Hou Hsiao-hsien


Hou has written 21 films in total, 8 of which he also directed ("The Assassin", "Flight of the Red Balloon", "Three Times", "Café Lumière", "A Time to Live, a Time to Die", "A Summer at Grandpa's", "Cute Girl", and "The Green, Green Grass of Home"). Most notably, Hou was one of the co-writers, along with Chu T’ien-wen and Edward Yang on Yang's film
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Red Balloon (2010 film)


Red Balloon is a 13-minute thriller short film directed by Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien Mace. It is adapted from the "clown statue" urban legend. The movie was nominated to numerous festivals (including Festival international de Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Festival International Du Film Fantastique de Gerardmer, Festival De Cannes Short Film Corner. It recently won the Directorial Discovery Award at Rhodes Island Horror film Festival, and was sold to the TV channels Arte TV and Egoist TV. "Red Balloon" was released online on Vimeo
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Sophie Blanchard


tethered balloon in Paris. Neither was she the first woman to ascend in an untethered balloon: in Blanchard's time, Citoyenne Henri, who had made an ascent with André-Jacques Garnerin in 1798, was widely credited with that ballooning first, although the honour actually belonged to Elizabeth Thible. Thible, an opera singer, had made an ascent to entertain Gustav III of Sweden in Lyon on 4 June 1784, fourteen years before Citoyenne Henri. Blanchard was, however, the first woman to pilot her own balloon and the
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The Red Balloon


ballooning sense of hope and freedom is deflated by a fierce, squabbling mass. Then, fortunately, it floats off, with the breeze of magic-realism, into a feeling of escape and peace, "The Red Balloon" taking hold of Pascal, lifting him out of this rigid, petty, earthbound life." In a review in "The Washington Post," critic Philip Kennicott had a cynical view: "[The film takes] place in a world of lies. Innocent lies? Not necessarily. "
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Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1999 video game)


, mobile anti-aircraft platforms, tanks, cannons, motorbikes, and observation balloons. Each vehicle has its own unique mounted weapon (with the exception of the oil tanker, which can only self-destruct). These must be used to combat the Martian invaders, who pilot the fighting-machines, handling-machines, flying-machines and embankment-machines of the novel, in addition to various other advanced vehicles, many of which were created specifically for the PlayStation and PC games. The black smoke and red
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Hopper balloon


1979. Colt Balloons later merged with Thunder Balloons to form Thunder & Colt Balloons, which inherited the Cloudhopper name. Finally, Per Lindstrand left Thunder & Colt to form his own Lindstrand Balloons, which manufactures the present-day Cloudhopper. Shortly after the team at Colt built and flew its first Cloudhopper, Cameron Balloons came up with its own backpack-style balloon, called the SkyHopper. Its main distinguishing feature was a twist-grip mounted on an arm rest to control the burner. On the original Colt Cloudhopper, as
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Union Army Balloon Corps


each day his balloon was in use. Lowe offered to accept $10 gold per day (colonel's pay) if he were to be allowed to build more suitable balloons. He was also allowed to hire as many men as he needed for $3 currency per day. Lowe was able to enlist his father, Clovis Lowe, an accomplished balloonist; Captain Dickinson, a seafaring volunteer from his days of transatlantic attempts; the Allen brothers, who had lost their own balloon when they were vying for the top job;
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A Tale of Five Balloons


exception of Alon's, which the wind blew out of the children's reach. The children look at the balloon and shout "Bye, bye, red balloon!". Whenever one of the balloons bursts, the children are comforted and told "that's the end of every balloon". Each balloon had burst for the following different reasons: The text can help pre-schoolers deal with loss, including more permanent losses later in life, such as losing a pet or friend. Roth revealed that the story-
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Picnic with Weissmann


play itself. The desk drawer opens, and a balloon climbs out and affixes itself to the handle of the drawer. The paper on the inside of the drawer is a red picture of a naked woman, and as the drawer opens and closes, the balloon inflates. When the balloon is inflated a string climbs out of the drawer and ties the balloon closed, and the balloon falls off the drawer. The two wicker chairs pass the ball back and forth. The balloon bounces between the two opening and closing drawers of
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Waterworld


Just then, the atoll is attacked by the Smokers, a gang of pirates seeking a girl named Enola (Tina Majorino) who, according to their leader the Deacon (Dennis Hopper), has a map to Dryland tattooed on her back. Enola's guardian, Helen (Jeanne Tripplehorn), attempts to escape with Enola on a gas balloon with Gregor (Michael Jeter), an inventor, but the balloon is released too early. Helen instead rescues the Mariner and insists that he take the two of them with him
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The Autumn Stone (album)


Love" (which had been released as the Small Faces' final single earlier in the year), covers of two Tim Hardin songs ("If I Were A Carpenter" and "Red Balloon") and the instrumentals "Wide Eyed Girl On The Wall" and "Collibosher" (both of which are claimed to be unfinished backing tracks by the compilers of the "Here Comes The Nice" box set). The title track "The Autumn Stone" and "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" (its correct
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Kubicek Balloons


in "Aviatik club" in Brno. Before founding his own company Aleš Kubíček made several balloons under wings of the company Aerotechnik Kunovice. Straight after the Velvet revolution, with plenty of experience of manufacturing balloons, he started his own private company to manufacture lighter-than-air aircraft. Kubicek Balloons is a limited company, mostly owned by the founder Aleš Kubíček. Its headquarters is on Francouzská 81 in Brno city centre, where balloons were originally made. But in 2005 their production moved to a completely new factory facility in
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Golden Arrow (comics)


Golden Arrow is a fictional character who had his own strip in Fawcett Comics' "Whiz Comics" comic book series, from 1940 to 1953. The hero was originally Roger Parsons, the son of inventor Paul Parsons, who had developed a new type of gas for transportation by balloon. A greedy competitor, Brand Braddock, plotted to stop Mr. Parsons, and did so by shooting down a balloon Parsons was using to test the formula. Mr. Parsons, his wife Gloria, and his son Roger were all aboard the balloon
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Ceiling balloon


bottom of the clouds. A ceiling balloon is a small, usually red, (fluted) rubber balloon commonly measuring 76 mm (3 in) across prior to inflation, inflated to ~40 cm (~15.75 in) diameter. After inflation the balloon is taken outside and released. By timing the balloon from release until it enters the cloud a ceiling height can be obtained. When correctly inflated the balloon will rise at rate of 140 m/min (460 ft/min). The bases of clouds are very rarely flat
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BBC One 'Balloon' idents


Nairn design agency in London, with the balloon itself made in Bristol by Cameron Balloons Ltd: its aircraft registration was "G-IBBC". The look itself featured a predominantly red balloon, with the map of the world picked out in orange with white clouds on top, floating over various scenes of the British landscape. The colours were chosen because a blue balloon with a green map would have been more difficult to see against the land and sea. The size of the balloon was originally proposed to be 100 ft,
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The Red Balloon


a very cynical reduction of the primary impulse to religious faith." The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 95% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on twenty reviews. In 1960, Lamorisse released a second film, "Stowaway in the Sky", which also starred Pascal and was a spiritual successor to "The Red Balloon". A stage adaptation by Anthony Clark was performed at the Royal National Theatre in 1996. Don Hertzfeld's 1997 short film "Billy's Balloon", which also showed at
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Diddy Kong Racing


water. The hovercraft is designed for both sand and water areas but lacks in acceleration and maneuverability. The aeroplane is designed to access aerial areas; it is good at acceleration and maneuvering, however it has the slowest speed. Each racetrack has a set of boosters known as "zippers" that temporarily boost the player's speed, as well as featuring regenerating balloons of various colours that provide power-ups. There are five different types of balloons: red, blue, green, yellow, and rainbow. Red balloons grant
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Una aventura llamada Menudo


Meléndez then hires the services of a hot air balloon company, and during their balloon flight to the concert site, they have trouble and crash-land on a beach near a mansion. Rodríguez's character, a big fan of Menudo who feels old and put aside by her young, hip nieces, lives in that mansion, along with her girls. Looking for help, the Menudo guys arrive at the house, where they are given food and a room while they try to get in contact with their group director.
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Balloon (2017 film)


two friends in the hope of making a film on an haunted house which he comes to know of through a Facebook post. He lives in a guest house closer to the house. That is when they begin experiencing strange things with the boy being lured by a balloon and befriending a ghostly girl. After realising that they are the targets of ghostly beings, they search for a priest who befriends them and helps them, and through him, get to know Jeeva's previous birth as Charlie (Jai) and the injustice done
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Troop Beverly Hills


prompting Phyllis to take the girls to 'camp out' at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Despite her unorthodox ways, Phyllis demonstrates an unwavering commitment to the girls' well-being and ends up becoming a surrogate mother to the rest of the girls in Hannah's acts as a surrogate mother/friend to the girls. Phyllis' unorthodox methods run afoul of another scout leader, Velda Plendor, a mean-spirited, retired army nurse who runs the Culver City "Red Feathers" in which her own daughter, Cleo,
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Balloon


onto the balloons. Custom built printers inflate the balloon and apply ink with elastic qualities through a silk screen template. In January 2008, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York organized a display of 4,200 red balloons outside the United Nations Headquarters. Also in the 1950s at the start of the Cold War, activists in Western Europe uses balloons for propaganda purposes that would float east over Eastern Europe, which would release newspapers and pamphlets. Today, South Korean activists are using the same balloon method to get information to those in
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Sucker (album)


You" and "Red Balloon". XCX's first high-profile performance of "Boom Clap" was at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on 24 August. She later sang "Boom Clap", followed by "Break the Rules", at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, the American Music Awards of 2014, and on "Saturday Night Live". In support of the album, Charli embarked on the Girl Power North America Tour in 2014. The tour kicked off in Orlando, Florida
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Only Girl (In the World)


location two hours from Los Angeles. Rihanna told JustJared.com that the video was filmed in a "big landscape" so she was the only person in the frame, echoing the song's title. The singer is also "frolicking in a red field and lying in a bed of flowers." The video features large balloons in different colours, a swing hanging from the sky and a tree with multi-colored lights. Rihanna's outfits include a mohair sweater, a floral miniskirt and a white-bra-and-boyshorts
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PPK (duo)


original melody written by Eduard Artemyev from the 1979 Russian (Soviet) movie "Siberiade" and contained, in some remix versions, vocal samples of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The Artemyev melody was later played in the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, with a small girl holding a red balloon. "Reload" was based on the melody "Zodiak" from an album "Disco Alliance" by Latvian electronic rock band "Zodiaks". In early 2004 the duo released a remix of Minimalistix's 2003
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Dave Sitek


photographer and painter. In April 2008, Sitek was named number one in "NME"'s Future 50 list of the most forward thinking people in music today. In 2009, Sitek contributed a cover of "With a Girl Like You" to the AIDS benefit album, "Dark Was the Night", produced by the Red Hot Organization. A solo album from Sitek under the moniker Maximum Balloon was released on September 21, 2010, on Interscope with individual songs released as singles commencing June 15, 2010. The record
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Beware! The Blob


which repeatedly needed to be stirred to maintain the consistent red color), the Blob in "Beware! the Blob" was mostly created from a red-dyed powder blended with water to form the desired consistency. The Blob was alternately created from other materials as well, including a large red plastic balloon, semi-transparent red plastic sheeting illuminated with a backlight, and a large rotating red drum of hard red silicone placed in front of the camera lens. Renowned cinematographer Dean Cundey, who would later go on to be
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Hot air balloon


balloons. The largest manufacturer of hot air balloons in the world is Cameron Balloons company of Bristol, England, which also owns Lindstrand Balloons of Oswestry, England. Cameron Balloons, Lindstrand Balloons and another English balloon manufacturing company, Thunder and Colt (since acquired by Cameron), have been innovators and developers of special shaped balloons. These hot air balloons use the same principle of lift as conventional inverted teardrop shaped balloons but often sections of the special balloon envelope shape do not contribute to the balloon's ability to stay aloft.
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An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky


fundraiser from the audience, the donation goal is reached and with the art program being reinstated the girls rejoice over the news. Back at the hot air balloon show, Saige, Tessa, Gabi, and Dylan (now all best friends) all ride a hot air balloon Saige designed as the film ends. "An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky" was filmed in New Mexico, USA and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The film aired on NBC on July 13, 2013. The movie was released on DVD
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Little Red Riding Hood


the girl slips the string over something else and runs off. In these stories she escapes with no help from any male or older female figure, instead using her own cunning, or in some versions the help of a younger boy who she happens to run into. Sometimes, though more rarely, the red hood is even non-existent. In other tellings of the story, the wolf chases after Little Red Riding Hood. She escapes with the help of some laundresses, who spread a sheet taut over a river so
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Balloon (aeronautics)


the Red Bull Stratos balloon took Felix Baumgartner to 128,100 ft. for a freefall jump from the stratosphere. Tethered gas balloons have been installed as amusement rides in Paris since 1999, in Berlin since 2000, in Disneyland Paris since 2005, in the San Diego Wild Animal Park since 2005, in Walt Disney World in Orlando since 2009, and the DHL Balloon in Singapore in 2006. Modern tethered gas balloons are made by Aerophile SAS. Hot air balloons used in sport flying are sometimes made in special designs to advertise a company
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Team (Lorde song)


Team" was directed by Young Replicant. Filmed at the disused Red Hook Grain Terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn, the video was inspired by Lorde's dream of "teenagers in their own world, a world with hierarchies and initiations, where the boy who was second in command had acne on his face, and so did the girl who was Queen". The director explained that Lorde was one of the "kids who have a unique look", which fitted the clip's "sad story" concept. The video
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Battle of the Bands (film)


“L.A.” that Nat originally wrote on the screen of a projector. Seeing this, Matt Pinfield, who previously supported the L.A. Surfers, gives an explanation of what just happened: The L.A. surfers stole the song from the Naked Brothers and Bobby Love is really "balloon fearing surfer dude Robert Love from California. I repeat, Bobby Love is afraid of balloons, and is from San Diego". Meanwhile backstage, Nat instructed Rosalina on how to play his new song, "Girl Of My Dreams". Nat and
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Anteojito y Antifaz, mil intentos y un invento


Anteojito's help, and Cachavacha, a witch and Uncle Antifaz's neighbor who lives in the apartment right under his, tries to steal it as revenge for to his explosions destroying her apartment. Anteojito sells some balloons and meets his friend Buzoncito, a little red mailbox. The balloons he was selling escape when he argues with a group of brats who mocked him. The circus comes to town and he helps out a friendly clown and his sick daughter by posing as a second, singing, clown. Two con men named
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A Tale of Five Balloons


A Tale of Five Balloons (Hebrew: מעשה בחמישה בלונים, "Ma'ase b'Khamisha Balonim") is an Israeli children's book by Miriam Roth published in 1974 and illustrated by Ora Ayal. The book has become a classic of Israeli children's literature. The book is about five children each of whom get a balloon from Ruti's mother — a blue balloon for Ruti, yellow for Ron, purple for Sigalit, green for Uri and red for Alon. During the book, all the children's balloons burst, with the
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Tough Nut (film)


barrage balloon they fall into the territory occupied by the Germans. From the balloon they descend into a haystack, and the balloon is blown away by the wind. Waking up on a haystack, they find around German soldiers who open other haystacks, out of which appear anti-aircraft guns. Under their own stack they discover ammunition storage. Oreshkina accidentally sets fire to a stack and thereby destroys ammunition and artbattery, while they escape from there along with the Germans. After that they change into clothes of local residents. To
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Bratz: Starrin' & Stylin'


plan for a do-it-yourself prom, they making a disco ball work, setting up balloons, using their video camera to take digital pictures, preparing their own food, playing their own music, and turning an empty room into a dance hall. Jade is elected prom queen while Dylan is elected prom king. After their video, which included the prom night dance, was shown to their art professor, he gave the four girls an A-plus on their project. Reviewer of DVD Movie Guide "Colin
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Thaddeus S. C. Lowe


as a political refugee.) A week later, on February 14, 1855, Thaddeus and Leontine wed. Their union would produce ten children, seven girls and three boys. Lowe continued with his scientific endeavors and the dream of owning his own balloon with the wild idea of making a transatlantic flight via the high winds he observed. He pored over the book of John Wise, "A System of Aeronautics" which had specific instructions for the construction of aerostats, the cutting, the sewing, the leak proofing.
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List of Jewelpet Happiness characters


when exposed to the Red Moon, changing its color to red. Kosuke's grandfather. Azusa's relative, who runs a school exclusively for brown bears. Her personality and traits were the same as Azusa's. A giant brown bear and a student of the Brown Bear School. He is close friends with Rossa in the said school and always says "Wafu~" in his speeches. A young girl who owns a doll named "Dorothy", who looks like Coal. When Dorothy's gone missing (due to Coal
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Five Weeks in a Balloon (film)


, ascends the balloon using a pressure gauge that ensures no loss of gas or ballast. Traumatized by their "near-disaster", Sir Henry, head of the Royal Geographic Society, and his treasurer refuse to fund "Jupiter"'s exploration of East Africa, and walk out on the professor after landing. American publisher Cornelius Randolph comes to the rescue: He will back the venture if his star reporter and nephew, Donald O'Shay (Red Buttons), joins the crew. Unbeknownst to the professor, who is told
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Eduard Spelterini


commercial rides with passengers. In 1887, he had his first own balloon made by the Surcouf company in Paris, a gas balloon with a volume of 1,500 cubic meters, which he named "Urania". The first voyage with this ballon was on October 5, 1887, starting in Vienna. Subsequently, Spelterini moved to the United Kingdom, where he performed together with an American aerial acrobat going by the name of Leona Dare who would perform acrobatic acts suspended under the basket of Spelterini's balloon during the flights. The
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Balloon modelling


balloon. Each style has its own set of challenges and skills, but few twisters who have reached an intermediate or advanced skill level limit themselves to one style or another. Depending on the needs of the moment, they might easily move between the one-balloon or multiple approaches, or they might even incorporate additional techniques such as "weaving" and "stuffing". Modelling techniques have evolved to include a range of very complex moves, and a highly specialized vocabulary has emerged to describe the techniques involved and their resulting creations
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Mario Kart Wii


each other using items. The players are divided into two teams, red and blue, and teammates cannot harm each other with their items. There are two variants of Battle mode available: Balloon Battle and Coin Runners. In Balloon Battle, each player's kart has three attached balloons. A player gains a point each time they pop or steal a balloon belonging to an opposing team player, but loses a point each time they lose all balloons. In Coin Runners, the players collect coins scattered throughout the arena and
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Love is in the Bin


Love is in the Bin is a 2018 art intervention by Banksy at Sotheby's London, with an unexpected self-destruction of his 2006 painting of "Girl with Balloon" immediately after it was sold at auction for a record £1,042,000. According to Sotheby's, it is "the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction." The painting will be on permanent loan to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in the future. The painting is an adaptation of Banksy's 2002 mural "Girl with Balloon",
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Roger Rabbit short films


is going to get her palm read by a fortune teller, she ask Roger to watch Baby Herman until she gets back and messes up again or else. Roger reluctantly watches Baby Herman. Baby Herman loses his red balloon and Roger goes to get him a new one. Before he returns, however, Baby Herman sees another red balloon at a dart game and goes to try to get it. When Roger comes back to give Baby Herman his balloon, he finds that he is gone, and the chase begins. First
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Katie Balloons


which together comprise the balloon collective known as New Balloon Art, were given three days to design and build various balloon creations for installations at events that ranged from an aforementioned wedding, to a celebration at a fire museum. Currently Katie runs her own balloon business creating balloon environments, balloon sculptures, and balloon dresses as well as doing balloon centered performances for various events ranging from birthday parties to charitable fundraiser. Katie's work includes a hockey player done for a cancer benefit, the balloon environment for the 2012 Brightest Young Things Halloween
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Ballonet


to control the pitch of the airship. The image illustrates the principle of a balloon within a balloon. The outer balloon represents the airship's outer envelope or gasbag, while the red inner balloon represents the ballonet. In an airship the ballonet would be much smaller relative to the size of the gasbag; for example, in the French airship Lebaudy Patrie the volume of the ballonet was approximately one-fifth that of the envelope. The ballonet was first described in 1783 by Jean Baptiste Meusnier, then a lieutenant in the French
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