Four Flies on Grey Velvet [SEP] screenwriter
Four Flies on Grey Velvet


Four Flies on Grey Velvet (Italian: 4 mosche di velluto grigio) is a 1971 Italian giallo film written and directed by Dario Argento, from a story by Luigi Cozzi (who also served as assistant director). The film is the third in director Argento's "Animal Trilogy", having been preceded by "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" (1970) and "The Cat o' Nine Tails" (1971). While confronting a mysterious stalker in sunglasses, rock drummer Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon)
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the exception of the long out-of-print obscure French VHS. The rights to this film (at least in America) are owned by Paramount Pictures, which had chosen not to release it. MYA Communication released a region 1 DVD of "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" on 24 February 2009. The disc contains an uncut, completely remastered print of this "lost" film, featuring theatrical trailers, the English language opening and ending credits and an extensive photo gallery. However, this release omits 30–40 seconds of
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


four flies on gray velvet." They are unsure what this means. Knowing the killer will likely come for him next, Roberto loads a gun and waits. Dozing off, he has the same recurring nightmare (which now includes the actual decapitation of the victim in the arena). Godfrey rings to ask if he's okay; then the line goes dead. Just then, Nina arrives home from her long getaway, Roberto almost shooting her as she enters the front door. Roberto tries to make her leave, when
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Luigi Cozzi


" The film features a martian and a vampire. He befriended director Dario Argento and began working in his screenplay for "Four Flies on Grey Velvet", as well as working as an assistant on the film. Following work on "Four Flies", Cozzi moved to Rome where he worked as a journalist. He continued work with Argento on his film "The Five Days" and began working in television, writing two episodes ("Eyewitness" and "Neighbor") and directing "Neighbor" for the "Door
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Worlock


horror genre. The films used include: "Four Flies on Grey Velvet", "Deep Red", "Suspiria", "Dario Argento's World of Horror", "Tenebrae", "Combat Shock", "Demons", "Phenomena", "Opera", "The Beyond", "Hellraiser", "", "Bad Taste", "Dead & Buried", "Luther The Geek", "Maniac Cop", "", "Phantasm II", "From Beyond
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John Barleycorn Must Die


with alternate mixes and versions of album tracks. The original LP release of the album had the front cover design on a background consisting of a photograph of burlap. Later LP copies had the design on a grey background. The cover is displayed prominently during a party scene in the 1971 movie by Dario Argento, "Four Flies on Grey Velvet". Retrospective reviews of the album have been mixed. AllMusic criticised the vocal sections as "excuses for Winwood to exercise his expressive voice as punctuation to the extended instrumental sections",
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Dario Argento


with the Crystal Plumage" (1969), "The Cat o' Nine Tails" (1971) and "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (1972); the "Three Mothers" trilogy, consisting of "Suspiria" (1977), "Inferno" (1980) and "The Mother of Tears" (2007); and the standalone films "Deep Red" (1975), "Tenebrae" (1982), "Phenomena" (1985), and "Opera" (1987). He
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Ennio Morricone


The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" (1969), "The Cat o' Nine Tails" (1970) and "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (1971) to "The Stendhal Syndrome" (1996) and "The Phantom of the Opera" (1998). His other horror scores include "Nightmare Castle" (1965), "A Quiet Place in the Country" (1968), "The Antichrist" (1974), "Autopsy" (1975) and "Night Train Murders" (
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


shred of real evidence to nibble on. You're on your own, in pure hit-or-miss speculation." Roger Ebert gave the film a mixed review of two-and-a-half stars out of four, deeming it a "badly dubbed and incoherent murder thriller" with "a conclusion that's so arbitrary we feel tricked." He did, however, give praise to Mimsy Farmer and said of her that she "deserves to get some of those Mia Farrow roles." Gene Siskel of
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


" "Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide" gave the film two stars out of four and opined it was an "[u]nabsorbing psychological murder-mystery with performers who walk through their roles in a very disinterested fashion." AllMovie gave the film a positive review, calling it "an unfortunately overlooked and hard-to-find choice nugget in his [Argento's] oeuvre". It was not until early 2009 that the film was made available to home video audiences in a legitimate version, both domestically or internationally, with
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Exploitation film


", the background color featured on the covers of the pulp novels by which these movies were inspired. The progenitor of this genre was "The Girl Who Knew Too Much". Other examples of Giallo films include "Four Flies on Grey Velvet", "Deep Red", "The Cat o' Nine Tails", "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage", "The Case of the Scorpion's Tail", "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin", "Black Belly of the Tarantula",
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Mystery film


format include "Five Dolls for an August Moon" (1970) by Mario Bava, three by director Dario Argento: "The Cat o' Nine Tails", "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (both 1971), and "Deep Red" (1975) – as well as "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin" (1971), "The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh" (1971), "Black Belly of the Tarantula" (1971), "Who Saw Her Die?" (
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage


The Bird with the Crystal Plumage () is a 1970 giallo film directed by Dario Argento, in his directorial debut. The film is considered a landmark in the Italian giallo genre. It is the first installment in the "Animal Trilogy", and was followed by "The Cat o' Nine Tails" (1971) and "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (1972). Written by Argento, the film is an uncredited adaptation of Fredric Brown's novel "The Screaming Mimi", which had previously been made
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review for "The New York Times", praised the film for its "striking, imaginative color photography and deep-freeze pacing and atmosphere" and highlighted the sequence where Amelia is trapped in the park as "spine-tingling", "superb" and "Argento at his chilling best". However, he criticized the plot as "not only old but farfetched" and the dialogue as "banal", and went on to say that "[a]ll that circuitous teasing and those red herrings don't produce a
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Tenebrae (film)


youth." McDonagh also notes that "Tenebrae" expands on the themes of sexuality and transvestitism found in Argento's earlier films, "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage", "The Cat o' Nine Tails", "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (1972), and "Deep Red" (1975), but believes that "Tenebrae"s "overall sensuality sets it apart from Argento's other "gialli"." She says that the film's sexual content and abundant nudity make it "the first of
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photo of Roberto and Nina and some unseen person in another photo. Before she can contact Roberto, the killer breaks in. She hears noises and climbs stairs to an attic, hiding in a wardrobe, but when she emerges, the killer stabs her to death. Roberto returns home to find the body. The police perform an optographical test to see the last thing Dalia saw before she died, but only get a blurry image of four dark smudges against a gray background, an image which the technician refers to as "
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film one star out of four and wrote, "Argento's script contains more red herrings than the Cape Cod Room. Each time evidence overwhelmingly points to a possible threat to our bushy-haired hero that person is bumped off and the guessing game begins anew. I didn't find that rhythm the least bit entertaining." "Variety" faulted "a script bogged down with farce comedy, unneeded sex, coarse language and trite dialogue." Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times
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Dario Argento


a major hit in Italy. Argento continued to concentrate largely on the giallo genre, directing two more successful thrillers, "The Cat o' Nine Tails" (1971) and "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (1972). Along with "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage", these three films are frequently referred to as Argento's "Animal Trilogy". The director then turned his attention away from giallo movies, filming two Italian TV dramas and a period comedy ("The Five Days") in 1973
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The Cat o' Nine Tails


The Cat o' Nine Tails () is a 1971 "giallo" film written and directed by Dario Argento, adapted from a story by Dardano Sacchetti, Luigi Cozzi, and an uncredited Bryan Edgar Wallace. It stars Karl Malden, James Franciscus, and Catherine Spaak. Although it is the middle entry in Argento's so-called "Animal Trilogy" (along with "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" and "Four Flies on Grey Velvet"), the titular "cat o' nine tails" does not
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Rapidi" and asks if anyone ever mentioned it; Roberto claims ignorance of it. The ‘Villa Rapidi’ turns out to be the name of a psychiatric clinic. Arrosio travels there where he enquires with a doctor about a patient (whose name and gender are not mentioned), who stayed there for three years as a teenager after being deemed a homicidal maniac. Arrioso learns that the patient's father, who had institutionalized the patient, died suddenly of a heart attack. The patient's mental symptoms then inexplicably disappeared,
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


. So she married Roberto and planned a murder/blackmail scheme using Roberto as a surrogate for the stepfather, due to his Roberto's striking similarity to the stepfather. Nina repeatedly shoots Roberto, but Godfrey arrives, allowing Roberto to knock the gun from Nina's hands. Nina runs to Roberto's car and speeds away. But in a twist of fate, she rams into the back of a truck. Nina is decapitated by the truck's rear bumper as it smashes through her car windshield. The car then explodes in
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


" wrote that the film generally "works when nobody's talking and the camera's moving." He thought that several "badly dubbed, broadly burlesqued characters are totally ludicrous and destroy utterly the film's credibility." David Pirie of the "Monthly Film Bulletin" noted it being "full of slick visual conceits and glossy set-pieces, this is clary Argento's most expensive and ambitious thriller yet." while stating its still as "flat and predicatble as that of the most meager Italian 'B' feature.
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Giallo


it's actually accompanying, say, a slow motion decapitation", (she cites as an example Ennio Morricone's score for 1971's "Four Flies on Grey Velvet"). Composers of note include Morricone, Bruno Nicolai, and the Italian band Goblin (all three of whom are probably best known for their collaborations with director Dario Argento, though they worked with other directors as well). Other important composers known for their work on "giallo" films include Piero Umiliani (composer for "Five Dolls for an August
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Suspiria


her performance in Brian De Palma's "Phantom of the Paradise" (1974). Upon being cast in the film, Harper watched Argento's "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" (1971) to better understand the director's style. Harper turned down a role in Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" (1977) in order to appear in the film. Argento requested Italian actress Stefania Casini for the supporting role of Sara, a request which she obliged, having been an admirer of his films. Daria Nicolodi had
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and the two have sex. Afterwards, Arrosio arrives and gives Roberto some photos of his past and his family as well as Nina's and Dalia's. They find the pet cat's head severed and wrapped in plastic. That night, Roberto has his nightmare again. Arrosio phones Roberto to say that he's found a "strange physical resemblance" in one photo, while going through Roberto's old papers, but that it may only be a red herring. Arrosio tells Roberto that he's found the name "Villa
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


and the patient was subsequently discharged. The doctor relays his suspicion that the man who committed the teenager was not the patient's real biological father. Arrosio tracks down the killer's residence in a boarding house, and follows the killer into a metro station only to be killed in a bathroom stall by the killer with a poison-filled syringe. Learning of Arrosio's murder, Godfrey insists Roberto leave Rome immediately, but he refuses, determined to find the killer himself. Meanwhile, Dalia notices a strange similarity between a recent
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


The Five Days" did poorly at the box-office. A high-speed camera equipment (capable of producing 1000 frames a second) was used to shoot possibly the first known instance (in feature films) of following a bullet's trajectory with high-speed cameras. To film a car crash and a motion bullet in its flight, a camera that could produce a triple digit number of frames per second and twelve cars were used to get the effect shown in the film. Deep Purple was considered for the score
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


, but because of scheduling difficulties with the band the film was instead scored by world-famous composer Ennio Morricone, who had previously worked on Argento's "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage". Morricone had a major argument with Argento over some tracks Argento did not want in the film. As a result, the director and Morricone would not work together again until 1996 with "The Stendhal Syndrome", and the rock group Goblin would eventually become Argento's regular composers. From contemporary reviews, Howard Thompson, in his
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Optography


Universal film "The Invisible Ray" features a scene in which Dr. Felix Benet (Bela Lugosi) uses an ultra-violet camera to photograph the dead eyes of Sir Francis Stevens (Walter Kingsford), who was murdered by Dr. Janos Rukh (Boris Karloff). The image developed by Benet shows Rukh to be the killer, but Benet drops the photographic plate, accidentally destroying the evidence. Italian film-maker Dario Argento's 1971 film "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" has characters use optography in an attempt to catch
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Imago Mortis


Imago Mortis is a 2009 Italian-Spanish film directed by Stefano Bessoni. The supernatural thriller stars Geraldine Chaplin and is the first major screen appearance of her daughter, Oona. Richard Stanley, one of the film's scriptwriters described the film as a "Sort of a neo-"giallo" taking off from Dario Argento's "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" by way of Umberto Lenzi's "Spasmo" and "DaVinci Code"." Speaking about his hopes for the film, Bessoni said; “My film aspires to del revive
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


inadvertently stabs the man when the stalker pulls out a knife. A mysterious masked figure shines a spotlight on the incident and snaps several photographs. Roberto reads about the man's death in the newspaper the next day, and receives a letter identifying the man as one Carlo Marosi. During a recording session with his bandmates, Roberto's maid Amelia catches a glimpse of him with the photographs, but does not intervene. That night, Roberto begins having recurring dreams of being decapitated in a Persian arena. He awakens to find himself
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


being attacked by a masked person, who tells him that he could kill him now, but won't because he "isn't finished with him." The person knocks Roberto out and flees. When Roberto's wife Nina (Mimsy Farmer) returns home, he confesses to her about the accidental stabbing and subsequent harassment, telling her that he can't go to the police. Roberto goes to see his beatnik artist friend Godfrey (Bud Spencer), who lives at a shack with his con-artist colleague nicknamed the
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


Professor (Oreste Lionello), confiding in them about his problem. Godfrey (known as 'God' for short) suggests having the Professor keep an eye on him. His tormentor has a flashback of being committed to an insane asylum and being tied down to a bed. When the maid Amelia (whom the tormentor evidently knows) attempts to blackmail Roberto's tormentor, the person locks her inside of a city park after hours and kills her with a straight razor. That evening, Nina picks up her cousin Dalia (
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


Francine Racette) from the train station. She comes to stay with Nina and Roberto, despite Roberto's reluctance. His bandmate Mikro asks why he skipped rehearsal. Nina receives a phone call informing her of Amelia's murder. Roberto has the same nightmare of being decapitated again and awakens to a loud noise. He investigates but only hears his pet cat hissing. The next morning, the couple find a note from the killer, frightening Nina. Carlo Marosi is revealed to be alive and well, in league with Roberto's
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


tormentor to blackmail him. Carlo, however, wants out, and is killed by the tormentor with razor wire. Meanwhile, the Professor tells Roberto that he saw someone last night in his back garden, holding his cat wrapped in a blanket. The Professor tells Roberto that he may need to seek outside since he is too afraid to continue watching Roberto's house anymore. Roberto meets with Arrosio (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an eccentric and flamboyantly gay private investigator. Arrosio admits to never having solved a case, but
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


Nina's pendant necklace (a fly enclosed in glass) swings, giving the appearance of more than one fly. Roberto realizes Nina is the killer and tries to fight back. Nina grabs Roberto's gun and shoots him in the shoulder. As he lies wounded on the floor, Nina explains how she was placed in the asylum by her abusive stepfather, who both raised her as a boy, and beat her. His death cured her condition, but when she met Roberto years later, he reminded her of her stepfather
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


a mass of flames. Some of the earlier cast considerations for the main role Roberto Tobias were Terence Stamp, Michael York and even some members of The Beatles. Argento did not want to use the "image caught in the retina" plot device since it was too fantastic for the giallo genre. But once Carlo Rambaldi showed him how the effect would look in the finished film, he soon changed his mind. This was originally intended to be Argento's swan song to the giallo genre. This would later change once "
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet


is optimistic his bad record will be broken. Arrosio asks Roberto questions about his life and about Nina; when they met and how long they were married. Roberto mentions that Nina received a large inheritance. Roberto drops Arrosio off and returns to his house, where Nina is leaving with police officers investigating Amelia's murder. She tells Roberto she is unwilling to remain in the house anymore with someone stalking them. Roberto, however, resolves to stay and invites Dalia over. That evening, Dalia confesses romantic feelings for Roberto,
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Canacidae


Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera. There are 113 species in 12 genera. The family now includes Tethininae as a subfamily. For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Minute (1.6–5 mm) yellow, grey or grey-brown pruinose flies with whitish to greyish markings. The head is large with small antenna bearing bare to pubescent arista. The "mouth" is a large oval opening. There are three or four pairs of orbital bristles on the head directed
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Stefano Satta Flores


Flies on Grey Velvet" ("4 mosche di velluto grigio", Argento), but did not really establish himself in cinema until 1974, when he appeared in Ettore Scola's film "We All Loved Each Other So Much" ("C'eravamo tanto amati"), where he shared leading roles with Stefania Sandrelli, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Aldo Fabrizi and Giovanna Ralli. He also appeared in "The Funny Face of the Godfather" (Prosperi, 1973), "Teresa the Thief" (Di Palma
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Anne Hamilton, Countess of Huntly


throne, Anne's father, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, became Regent of Scotland until 1554, when he surrendered the post to Mary's mother Mary of Guise. Mary of Guise visited France in 1551. On her return in December, Anne was bought magnificent clothes to join Guise's household as a lady-in-waiting and maid of honour. The clothes included; a grey velvet gown; a crimson velvet gown with gold passmenterie; four hoods and sets of sleeves; red stockings; with a sponge,
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Wahlberg's velvet gecko


places in coastal bush and mesic and arid savannas. Wahlberg's velvet gecko is so called because the skin looks and feels like velvet. The back varies from dark grey to soft grey-brown and may be crossed with paler chevrons or crossbars or have mottled paler areas nestled along the centre of its back and spine. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of , but average total length is . "H. wahlbergii" is nocturnal; however, it has been observed to occasionally be active during the day.
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Bulimba Creek


the waterway. The creek suffers from the introduction of the waterway weed called salvinia first identified in the catchment in 1953. Many of the nature reserves have threatened species. For example, is Whites Hill the powerful owl, grey-headed flying fox, velvet gecko and grey goshawk are all threatened. Flora at risk includes Shirley's tuckeroo and "Macadamia integrifolia". Karawatha Forest is the reserve with the highest number of species and has five different species of glider possums. It also has a fauna overpass constructed over the four
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Reindeer


on the males. As the antlers grow they are covered in thick velvet, filled with blood vessels and spongy in texture. The antler velvet of the barren-ground caribou and boreal woodland caribou is dark chocolate brown. The velvet that covers growing antlers is a highly vascularised skin. This velvet is dark brown on woodland or barren-ground caribou and slate-grey on Peary caribou and the Dolphin-Union caribou herd. Velvet lumps in March can develop into a rack measuring more than a metre in length by August.
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Musca autumnalis


Musca autumnalis, the face fly or autumn housefly, is a pest of cattle and horses. The face fly is similar to the closely related housefly. Slightly larger, averaging about 7 – 8 mm long and grey in colour with four dark stripes on the thorax, with a grey-black patterned abdomen. Like many true flies, in the males, the eyes almost touch when viewed from above. "Musca autumnalis" is widespread throughout most of Europe, Central Asia, North India, Pakistan, China and some parts
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Mark Wilding


Wilding has worked on medical drama series "Grey's Anatomy" since its debut in 2005, serving as executive producer for five episodes and co-executive producer for over fifty episodes. He was a screenwriter for an additional five episodes from 2005 to 2007. He has also worked on the supernatural drama "Charmed" as the supervising producer and co-producer for a total of over thirty episodes, as well as screenwriter for another four. He has also produced for "Jesse", "Ellen" and "Jake 2.0
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Mothra (film)


symbol and of the girls' voices. Chūjō hits upon a novel way to attract Mothra to an airport runway. The girls are returned amid salutations of "sayōnara", and Mothra flies back to Infant Island. Early drafts featured four Fairies. Screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa felt four was unnecessary and trimmed the members to two, feeling that two Fairies was manageable. Early drafts had the Fairies stand at 60 centimeters but Sekizawa felt the size was too big and would create difficulties when building the sets. One of the original ideas had
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Buddleja davidii 'Bishop's Velvet'


"Buddleja davidii" Bishop's Velvet is a cultivar raised at Sir John Quicke and Lady Prue Berthon's garden at Newton St Cyres, in Devon, England. 'Bishop's Velvet' featured in the Royal Horticultural Society Buddleja Euro-trials held at Wisley from 2008 to 2010, but was unplaced in the public popularity poll. 'Bishop's Velvet' grows to a height of 2.75 m. The foliage is dark green above, grey-green beneath. Unlike other deep purple varieties, the throats of the flowers are the
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Richard de Grey


Richard de Grey (died 1271) of Codnor, Derbyshire, was a landowner who held many important positions during the reign of Henry III of England, including Warden of the Isles (Channel Islands) 1226-1227, 1229-1230 and 1252-1254, and later both Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1258 irregularly to 1264. Richard, 1 Dec 1202 – 8 Sep 1271, was the eldest surviving son of Henry de Grey of Thurrock, an Essex landowner owning the manors of Codnor in
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Bryan Forbes


with David Frost as executive producer; "International Velvet" (1978), intended as a continuation of "National Velvet" (1944), with Newman in the same role as Elizabeth Taylor in the earlier film; "Better Late than Never" (1983); and "The Naked Face" (1984). His final film as a screenwriter was "Chaplin" in 1992. He served as president of the National Youth Theatre, Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the Beatrix Potter Society. For a time
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Anthomyiidae


The Anthomyiidae are a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies. Most look rather like small houseflies, but are commonly drab grey. The genus "Anthomyia", in contrast, is generally conspicuously patterned in black-and-white or black-and-silvery-grey. Most are difficult to identify, apart from a few groups such as the kelp flies that are conspicuous on beaches. The name Anthomyiidae was derived from Greek "anthos" (flower) plus "myia" (a fly). Some species are
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Diastatidae


Diastatidae are a family of flies, and are in the order Diptera. They occur primarily in the Holarctic Region, but several species are known from the Oriental, Neotropical, and Australasian regions. Members of the family number over 20 described species in three genera. There is an additional fossil genus. For terms see Morphology of Diptera Minute flies with grey or brown-grey body and, usually, maculate wings. The postvertical bristles on head are cruciate and vibrissae are present on the head are present.The front orbital bristles
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BBC Two Launch ident


look was a black white and grey affair. It was an animation that started with grey and black lines flying in from left and right before the white numeral '2' in a black box flies from the top with the BBC logo in the same shade as the bottom line, flies up from the bottom. This animation is accompanied by a trumpeted fanfare, composed by Freddie Phillips, and which was based on the morse code translation of 'B-B-C-2'. Accompanying this look, static captions of the
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Coremacera marginata


Coremacera marginata is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. Subspecies include: This species occurs in most of Europe and in the Near East. These flies can be encountered in grasslands and woodlands, The adults of "Coremacera marginata" grow up to long. These flies have a slender, dark greyish body. The prominent eyes are reddish. The brown-yellowish antennae are forward-pointing, with a hairy 3rd segment and a whitish arista. The dark grey wings are
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California Suite


California Suite is a 1976 play by Neil Simon. Similar in structure to his earlier "Plaza Suite", the comedy is composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04, which consists of a living room and an adjoining bedroom with an ensuite bath, in The Beverly Hills Hotel. In "Visitor from New York", Hannah Warren is a Manhattan workaholic who flies to Los Angeles to retrieve her teenaged daughter Jenny after she leaves home to live with her successful screenwriter father William. The bickering divorced couple is forced
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Hulk


The Incredible Hulk" #323 (Sep. 1986) and with issue #324, returned the Hulk to his grey coloration, with his transformations once again occurring at night, regardless of Banner's emotional state. In issue #347 the grey Hulk persona "Joe Fixit" was introduced, a morally ambiguous Las Vegas enforcer and tough guy. Banner remained repressed in the Hulk's mind for months, but slowly began to reappear. The 1990s saw the Green Hulk return. In issue #377 (Jan. 1991), the
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Tipping the Velvet (TV series)


Tipping the Velvet is a 2002 BBC television drama serial based on the best-selling debut novel by Sarah Waters of the same name. It originally screened in three episodes on BBC Two and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Sally Head Productions. It stars Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, and Jodhi May. Directed by Geoffrey Sax, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Andrew Davies. The production was made available on DVD by BBC Worldwide soon after broadcast. The BBC had previously aired an adaptation of "Oranges Are
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David Lloyd (musician)


Lloyd was solely responsible for the projects direction, although in 1992 he collaborated with Sep Cipriano (Keyboards), Mitch Horner (Bass) and ex Gail Ann Dorsey guitarist Bub Roberts (Guitar) for a number of low key live Lovefield performances. In 2009 Lloyd made the Lovefield catalogue available for the first time. In 2010 Lloyd, by now living in Newcastle (UK), began recording again, covering the Nine Inch Nails song, "Hurt" and the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale". Later that year
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Poplar grey


The poplar grey ("Acronicta megacephala") is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe. This species has dark grey forewings mottled with black and marked with pale stigmata, and white hindwings. Melanic forms sometimes occur. The wingspan is 40–45 mm. This moth flies at night from May to August and is attracted to light and sugar. The hairy larva is grey with black and red markings and a white patch towards the rear. It feeds on poplars and willows and sometimes on grey alder.
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Richard de Grey


John de Humez. His eldest son John, b. about 1225, who died shortly after his father on 5 Jan 1272, married Lucy, the daughter of Sir Reynold de Mohun of Dunster. John's eldest son was Henry de Grey ca. 1255-1 Sep 1308, of Codnor, Derbyshire; Grays Thurrock, Essex; Aylesford; and Hoo, Kent. Henry campaigned in Gascony 1294-1297 and was with Edward Longshanks at the siege of Carlaverock in 1300. Henry campaigned in Scotland as late as 1306. Henry
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Shannon Burke (writer)


Shannon Burke (born September 11, 1966) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Burke was born in Wilmette, Illinois and studied at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. After graduating he became a paramedic for the New York City Fire Department. Burke used these experiences in his novels "Safelight" (2004) and "Black Flies" (2008). Through 2015, Burke has published three novels: "Safelight" (2004), "Black Flies" (2008) and "Into the Savage Country
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Tony Phelan


Tony Phelan is an American television screenwriter, producer and director. He is married to television producer and screenwriter Joan Rater. Phelan is best known for his work on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy", for which he has been nominated for two Emmys and three WGA awards, of which he has won one, shared with the writing team members from the show. On "Grey's Anatomy", he has produced two dozen episodes, written five and served as co-executive producer for another eighteen. His wife also
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Delia radicum


Delia radicum, known variously as the cabbage fly, cabbage root fly, root fly or turnip fly, is a pest of crops. The larvae of the cabbage root fly are sometimes known as the cabbage maggot or root maggot. The adult flies are about 1 cm long and are grey in colour, but otherwise resemble the common house fly. The flies can be found all over Europe. After overwintering as pupae in the soil, the flies emerge in spring, feed on nectar, and lay eggs close to plants of
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Mythimna pudorina


hindwing dark grey, with pale fringe; -"impudens" Hbn. is a less marked grey form, without reddish tinge;- "rufescens" Tutt is a rare British form, bright rosy red, with pale grey dusting; "striata" Tutt darker, with the grey intervals blackish. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location. Larva dirty yellowish white; dorsal line white; subdorsal also white, edged above with black; 3 fine whitish lateral lines and a narrow grey stripe containing the black spiracles. The larvae
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Tales of the Velvet Comet


Tales of the Velvet Comet is a series of four science-fiction novels by Mike Resnick. The Velvet Comet, one of the many leisure and entertainment enterprises owned by the galaxy-spanning Vainmill Corporation, is a barbell-shaped space station that serves as the galaxy's most exclusive bordello to the rich and (in-)famous. The four novels which comprise the series look in on four periods of the Velvet Comet's lifespan, from early on in the Comet's life ("Eros Ascending") to a period after the
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X-Men in television


, Storm, and the Juggernaut, along with the Scarlet Spider, made cameos in the "Fantastic Four" series, in the episode "Nightmare in Green", as the Human Torch flies overhead. In 2000, The WB launched the "" television series, which portrayed the X-Men as teenagers attending a regular public high school in addition to the Xavier Institute. The series ended in 2003 after its fourth season. The show focused on Cyclops, Jean Grey, Spyke (Storm's nephew), Storm,
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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Sarcophaga peregrina


Sarcophaga peregrina" looks like normal flies, and are often difficult to identify easily. The average body length is 8–11 mm. The body colour is grey with black markings. The lower part of the head is silver-grey. The thorax is entirely grey with a characteristic three black stripes, which is marked along the longitudinal body axis. The abdomen is also grey with black stripes; one longitudinal line in the middle and three big transverse lines across. The first of the abdominal stripe is somewhat V-shaped. The
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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Ali MacGraw


time when the procedure was illegal. After college, she married Robin Hoen (d. 13 Sep 2016), a Harvard-educated banker, after dating for five years but they divorced after a year and a half. On October 24, 1969, MacGraw married film producer Robert Evans; their son, Josh Evans, is an actor, director, producer and screenwriter. They divorced in 1972 after she became involved with Steve McQueen on the set of "The Getaway". She married McQueen on August 31, 1973,
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Ray Grey


Ray Grey (February 19, 1890, San Diego, California - April 18, 1925, Glendale, California) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter and the father of actress Virginia Grey. Grey got his start as an actor in Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios films. His acting debut was in "A Movie Star" (1916). In the early 1920s, he switched off between being the main director of features and being a second unit or assistant director; such as with the film "Molly
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Mick Donnellan


plays: "Shortcut to Hallelujah" and "Gun Metal Grey". These dramas eventually became known as the "Ballinrobe Trilogy". Taking a quick step back into the fiction world, El Niño was published in 2012, and Donnellan is currently in negotiations to sell the film rights. Moving slightly from rural settings but not themes, the company toured a fourth Play, Velvet Revolution. An intense two hander set in a stark urban landscape, it created interest in Mick's work among the film industry. He followed Velvet
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Holcus lanatus


Holcus lanatus is a perennial grass. The specific epithet ' is Latin for 'woolly' which describes the plant's hairy texture. Common names include Yorkshire fog, tufted grass, and meadow soft grass. In North America, where it is an invasive species, names include velvet grass and common velvet grass"'. In parts of northern Europe the grass is a common native species and a hardy pasture grass. "Holcus lanatus" has velvety grey-green leaves. The stems are round. The bases of the stems
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88th Academy Awards


, or any of the directing, acting, or screenwriting awards. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (1st), "Cinderella" (9th), "Spectre" (10th), and "Fifty Shades of Grey" (17th). Shortly after the nominations were announced, many media outlets observed that there was a lack of racial diversity amongst the nominees in major categories. For the second consecutive year, all twenty acting nominees and four out
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Xestia baja


a black dot near base of cell; hindwing ochreous or yellowish grey. ab. "bajula" Stgr. is smaller than the type and suffused with grey, without any red tinge; in the northern form "punctata" Auriv, the lines are prominently marked by dots on the veins; "purpurea" Tutt, "grisea" Tutt and "coerulescens" Tutt are merely colour variations. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location. Larva polyphagous, brown or grey, with a red tinge; the
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Barbary partridge


, with a grey-brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is light grey with a broad reddish-brown gorget. It has rufous-streaked white flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings. It is closely related to its western European equivalent, the red-legged partridge ("Alectoris rufa"). It is similar to the red-legged partridge, but it has a different head and
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Black Velvet (whisky)


distillery was sold by Diageo to Canandaigua Brands in 1999. Originally called "Black Label", the name was changed to "Black Velvet" at the suggestion, in the late 1940s, by the Master Distiller Jack Napier because he thought it had a velvety taste and smoothness. Black Velvet produces four expressions which are primarily sold on the export market to the United States: Black Velvet Original, Black Velvet Reserve (aged eight years), Black Velvet Toasted Caramel (introduced in 2012), and Black Velvet Cinnamon Rush (
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Velvet Sky


that she was retired from in-ring action, but not from professional wrestling as a whole, as she would still do appearances. On April 6, 2019 at ROH G1 Supercard, Velvet Sky officially reunited with Angelina Love and formed a new heel stable with Mandy Leon as The Allure by attacking Kelly Klein, Jenny Rose, and Stella Grey. During Masters of the Craft (2019) on April 14, 2019 during the match between Nick Lendl and Amy Rose The Allure was seen with selfie sticks and phones out as
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Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell


King's and another of hers riding together." Within a mile of Calais, she was received by the earl of Southampton, Lord Admiral, with the lord William Howard, Sir Francis Brian, the lord Grey of Wilton, the lord Hastings, lord Clifford, lord Herbert, lord Tailbush, Sir Thomas Seymour, Sir Henry Knyvett, Mr. Gregory Cromwell, with “xxiiij” gentlemen in coats of satin damask and velvet, besides the said lords, who wore three collars of cloth of gold and purple velvet and chains
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Marbled green


yellow, even in bred specimens; ab. "pallida" Tutt, with typical markings on a whitish-grey ground colour; and ab. "obscura" Tutt, dull brownish grey, with the markings obscured and without any trace of green; all these forms are found on the coast of Kent and at Queenstown in Ireland. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location. Larva dark grey with a greenish tinge: dorsal line broadly white, sometimes interrupted; a pale line above feet. greenish tinge
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Lycophotia molothina


Lycophotia molothina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout southwest- and central Europe. It is found wherever its food plants grow. It is traditionally thought of as a species of heathland. This species shows a wingspan of 38–40 mm. The forewings are brown or grey, often tinged with red or blue and marked with a whitish streak at the front part. Orbicular and reniform stigma are grey and well defined. The hindwings are light grey. Lycophotia molothina flies from May to the end of July and is
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Mesoleuca albicillata


a large black-brown on the front edge behind the middle and almost to the apex. There is a double crossline of dark grey colour and a white wavy line in the grey marginal field, Very small black discal flecks are also present. The hindwings are white, have a grey marginal field that is crossed by a faint whitish squiggle and there is a thin, dark cross line and a small black middle spot. The moth is single brooded and flies from mid May to mid August. The larva feeds on bramble
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Hydraecia micacea


, generally grey-tinged, with a dark outer line and submarginal cloud; the typical form is brownish grey tinged with rosy; — the paler, more ochreous, forms, with very little red in them are ab. "grisea" Tutt; the dark olive grey, also without the red flush, are ab. "brunnea" Tutt. The wingspan is 28–45 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–21 mm. The moth flies in one generation from early July to November. . Larva reddish flesh colour;
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Yelena Trofimenko


Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko (born March 20, 1964) is a Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet. Yelena was born on March, 20, in Minsk, Belarus. Father- Nicolay Antonovich Trofimenko (Mar 9, 1936- Dec 12, 2000) – welder, mother – Vera Lukinichna Trofimenko (Sep 5, 1937 – present). Graduated from Minsk high school № 74 with French language. During the period from 1982 to 1989 Yelena worked at Belarusian Television. She directed and produced several films
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Peary caribou


slightly darker. Like all caribou the hollow hairs help trap warm air and insulate their bodies. The Peary caribou and the Dolphin-Union caribou herd both have light slate-grey antler velvet. The antler velvet of the barren-ground caribou and the boreal woodland caribou are both dark chocolate brown. The Peary caribou migrate seasonally up to each way. They occupy High Arctic islands, including Banks Island, Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut), Somerset Island (Nunavut) and the Queen Elizabeth Islands. In summer they search
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Valentino Ready-to-Wear runway collections


included black, white, nude, camel, grey, and yellow. Fabrications ranged from silk, tulle, georgette, and cashmere to leather, velvet, wool, and fur. The silhouette was focused, coats and capes layered over fluid shapes; slip dresses layered over knits and long dresses accented by ruffles and ruching. The ensembles were accessorized by combat boots, embellished pumps, velvet sandals, quilted handbags, and silver amulets. Instead of a recorded soundtrack, pianist Vanessa Wagner played works by John Cage and Phillip Glass
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Lacanobia w-latinum


marginal area also stand out also dark, while the inner marginal field is grey brown to silver grey. In the subterminal light wavy line, a large W character is visible, which serves as the basis for the Latin name "w-latinum". The hindwings are grey brown and mostly without markings but slightly darkened at the edge, only the dark veins emerge more clearly. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on various plants, including "Vaccinium" species (including "
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Mesoligia literosa


" this is a common form in England; – "onychina" H.-Sch. shows a still further reduction of the dark tints, the whole forewing being creamy grey, the usual darker median area and the shade before submarginal line showing in certain lights pale golden brownish; the hindwing pale grey; this form occurs in Heligoland, Norderney, and other islands, the coloration being assimilated to the sandy coasts. The moth flies in July and August. Larva either yellowish with two broad reddish subdorsal lines, or greenish yellow with grey
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Apamea sordens


the wing which gives the species its common name. The hindwings are greyish brown, darker towards the margins, with prominent dark venation. This moth flies at night and is attracted to light and sugar. Forewing dull lilac grey, flushed with fawn colour, especially in median area; a black, semibifid streak from base below cell; lines brownish, double, indistinct; the median shade dark grey or fawn colour, diffuse and prominent; orbicular stigma pale, black-edged; reniform large with grey centre, blackish in
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Frosted orange moth


cellspot, the outer line and a submarginal cloud grey; - in ab. "suffusa" ab. nov. [Warren] the forewing is wholly suffused with ferruginous; - "cinarea" Goosens from Algeria is pale yellow or reddish grey, with a dark patch between the stigmata, which are almost obsolete: the terminal area of ground colour or violet brown without any pale apical patch: hindwing without markings, whitish grey. It flies between August and October. Northern variants tend to be slightly darker. Larva dirty white
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Grey-necked wood rail


or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. The subspecies "avicenniae", however, is almost completely restricted to mangrove forests. The grey-necked wood rail can be found from sea level to elevations around , although some wanderers have been recorded at elevations up to in Colombia. This bird can be seen to perch in both shrubbery and even trees, something characteristic of the forest rails. The grey-necked wood rail rarely flies, although when it is flushed out, it will generally move to a branch
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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Asteroscopus sphinx


fringe chequered pale and dark grey; hindwing whitish,grey-speckled, the veins darker: a dull grey cellspot, and marginal row of black lunules; the female is darker throughout, more brownish tinged." The moth flies in one generation in from early September to November . The larva is bright velvety green; dorsal and subdorsal lines chalk white, the latter commencing only at segment 4; spiracular line yellowish white, with dark upper edge; face green with two yellow streaks. The larvae feed on various deciduous trees
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Aubrey de Grey


needed someone who knew about computers and biology to take over the running of a database on fruit flies. He educated himself in biology by reading journals and textbooks, attending conferences, and being tutored by Professor Carpenter. From 1992 to 2006, he was in charge of software development at the university's Genetics Department for the FlyBase genetic database. Cambridge awarded de Grey a PhD in biology on 9 December 2000. The degree was based on his 1999 book "The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging", in which de Grey
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Joan Rater


Joan Rater is an American television producer and screenwriter. Her most notable work has been for the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy", for which she has served as writer, producer and supervising producer for over fifty separate episodes. She is married to Tony Phelan who also works on the show. She has been nominated, along with the rest of the "Grey's Anatomy" crew, for two Emmys in 2006 and 2007, both for "Outstanding Drama Series". Also for the "Grey's Anatomy" crew
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Tephritidae


called peacock flies, in reference to their elaborate and colorful markings. The name comes from the Greek τεφρος, "tephros", meaning "ash grey". They are found in all the ecozones. For terms see Morphology of Diptera and Tephritidae glossary Tephritids are small to medium-sized (2.5–10 mm) flies that are often colourful, and usually with pictured wings, the subcostal vein curving forward at a right angle. The head is hemispherical and usually short. The face is vertical or retreating and the frons is broad
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Cerapteryx graminis


"pallida" Tutt is evidently an extreme development, the pale claviform, median vein, and two upper stigmata coalescing to form a broad white band from base; - "grisea" Spul. from N. Germany is a grey form with the median area well-defined, and may be only an offshoot of gramineis, which is not much known on the continent. This moth often flies during the day, especially in warm weather, and is attracted to a range of flowers. It also flies at night and is attracted
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Anthomyiidae


commonly called "root-maggots", as the larvae are found in the stems and roots of various plants. As larvae, some also feed on decaying plant material. The well-known grey "seaweed flies" or "kelp flies" ("Fucellia") are examples. Others are scavengers in such places as birds' nests; yet other species are leaf miners; the family also includes inquilines, commensals, and parasitic larvae. Some species in the family are significant agricultural pests, particularly some from the genus
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Frank Gabrielson


Jerome Moross's revue, "Parade" (1935). Screenwriting credits include "Something for the Boys" (1944), "Don Juan Quilligan" (1945), "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog" (1946), and "Flight of the Doves" (1971). His television work includes "Leave It to Beaver", "National Velvet", "Mama", "The Real McCoys", "Suspense", and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", among others. He wrote
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Curtonotidae


The Curtotonidae or quasimodo flies are a small family of small grey to dark brown humpbacked flies (Diptera) with a worldwide distribution, but with very few species in the Nearctic, Australasian/Oceanian, and Palaearctic regions. Most members of the family are found in tropical to subtropical latitudes in Africa and the Neotropics. Many remain undescribed in collections, since little work on the family has been done since the 1930s. For terms see Morphology of Diptera Medium-sized flies.The postvertical bristles on head are well developed and cruciate
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