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Calaveras Dam
''Calavera'' (Spanish for ''skull'') or its plural ''calaveras'', may refer to: Culture * Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the * Literary Calavera, traditional Mexican composition in verse Places * Calaveras River, in the Central Valley of California, USA * Calaveras Creek (California), USA * Calaveras County, California, USA * Rancho Calaveras, California, USA * Calaveras Dome, California, USA; a granite dome * Cerro de la Calavera ( en, Mount Calavera), Carlsbad, California, USA * Calaveras Unified School District, Calaveras County, California, USA * Calaveras Fault, a geological fault in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA * Calaveras Valley, California, USA * La Calavera Historical Neighborhood, Smeltertown, Texas, USA * Calaveras, Texas, USA; a small town near San Antonio * Calaveras Creek, Texas, USA * Calaveras Lake (Texas), USA * Isla Calavera, an island in the Gulf of California Facilities and structures * Calaveras Power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calavera
A calavera (Spanish language, Spanish – for "skull") is a representation of a human skull. The term is most often applied to edible or decorative skulls made (usually by hand) from either sugar (called Alfeñiques) or clay, used in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead ( es, Día de Muertos) and the Roman Catholic holiday All Souls' Day. ''Calavera'' can also refer to any artistic representations of skulls, such as the lithographs of José Guadalupe Posada. The most widely known ''calaveras'' are created with cane sugar and are decorated with items such as colored foil, icing, beads, and feathers. They range in multiple colors. Traditional methods for producing ''calaveras'' have been in use since the 1630s. The skulls are created either for children or as offerings to be placed on altars known as ''ofrendas'' ("offerings") for ''Día de Muertos'', which has roots in the Aztec, Mayan people, Mayan, and Toltec cultural celebration of the "Day of the Dead". The traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calaveras Reservoir
Calaveras Reservoir is located primarily in Santa Clara County, California, with a small portion and its dam in Alameda County, California. In Spanish, Calaveras means "skulls". The reservoir is fed mainly by Arroyo Hondo and Calaveras Creek. Lying in the Calaveras Valley, the region is geologically active with the Calaveras Fault parallel to and to the west of the dam site. The seismic hazard forced replacement of the original dam. The replacement dam began construction in 2011 and was completed in 2019. The Calaveras Valley has diverse wildlife including deer, coyotes, squirrels, turkey vultures, red-winged blackbirds, yellow-billed magpies, red-tailed hawks, brewer's blackbirds, purple martins, barn swallows, bullock's orioles, and warblers. Since at least 2008, a pair of bald eagles has nested regularly. History In the 19th century, the Calaveras Valley which the reservoir now fills was primarily an agricultural region known for its production of hay, strawberries, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trío Calaveras
Trío Calaveras is a Mexican guitar and vocal trio, notable for its performances and recordings with the pop singer Jorge Negrete. History ''Calaveras'', in Spanish, means "skulls". The original members of the trio in the 1930s were Guillermo Bermejo (died 2002), his brother Miguel Bermejo (died 1996) and Raúl Prado (died 1989). Guillermo Bermejo left the Trio and moved to Argentina in 1945 his brother replaced him with Pepe Saldivar (died 1975). There are conflicting rumors that Prado had a brief marriage with Mexican actress María Félix, but no concrete evidence has emerged that the marriage ever took place. Most of the rumors agree in claiming that Prado and Félix allegedly got married in 1943 after meeting on the set of ''The Rock of Souls'' and separated two months after the wedding. Mexican writer Enrique Serna interviewed the last survivor of the trio, Miguel Bermejo, who told him he was a witness to the wedding. Prado's niece María Escalera also corroborated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calavera (album)
''Calavera'' is the fifth album by the Chilean band Fiskales Ad-Hok Fiskales Ad-Hok are a punk band from Santiago de Chile, formed in the late '80s. Its initial lineup consisted of Alvaro España on vocals, Roly Urzúa on bass, "Polo" on drums, "Cyril" on guitar and "Pogo"- who would go on to become the lead s .... It was released in 2001 under by the label created by them, CFA. The album has three bonus tracks. Track listing #"Insomnio" #"Calavera" #"Diablo Verde" #"Tonteras" #"Mi Funeral" #"Sin Zapatos" #"Mundo Cabrón" #"Viva Santiago" #"Guardar la piel" #"En la escuela" #"El patio con rejas en el cielo" #"Rosa Negra" #"Liberación" #"El Ritual" #"Gente Derecha" #"Contra Ellos" #"Sudamérica – No" Personnel *Alvaro España – vocals *Guardabosques – guitar *Memo – drums *Roly Urzua – bass 2001 albums Fiskales Ad-Hok albums Spanish-language albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Calavera
''El Calavera'' is a 1954 Argentinian film. Directed by Carlos F. Borcosque, script by Emilio Villalba Welsh and Wilfredo Jimenez, based on Maurice Hennequin's and Pierre Veber's theater play ''Las delicias del hogar'' (''Les Joies du foyer''). The movie was released on August 31, 1954. Cast *Enrique Serrano *Elena Lucena * Jorge Rivier *Norma Giménez *Raimundo Pastore *Julián Bourges *Antonio Provitilo *Ángeles Martínez *Celia Geraldy *Rafael Diserio * Haydée Menta *Narciso Ibáñez Menta Narciso Ibáñez Menta (; August 25, 1912 – May 15, 2004) was a Spanish theatre, film, and television actor. Biography Born in Langreo, Asturias, Spain, Ibáñez Menta made his first stage appearance at the age of seven at the Teatro La Come ... References External links * 1954 films 1950s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Argentine films based on plays Argentine comedy films 1954 comedy films 1950s Argentine films {{1950s-Argentina-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swashbuckling Adventures Of Capitán Calavera
Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in April 2001 with a subsidiary called Powerhouse Animation LLC, established in summer of 2014. The company develops and produces traditional 2D animation, motion comics, motion graphics, art assets, digital paint, illustration for television series, motion pictures, video game cinemas, commercials, advertising campaigns, educational properties, and entertainment companies. History Headquartered in Austin, TX, Powerhouse Animation was founded on April 1, 2001, as a privately held animation service studio by Frank Gabriel, Brad Graeber, and Bruce Tinnin. Powerhouse Animation's name is partially inspired by Raymond Scott's song " Powerhouse," which was often placed in scores that Carl Stalling wrote for Warner Bros. shorts and has been featured in numerous animated cartoons. Powerhouse's motto is: "To better humanity through the miracle of traditional animation and space-age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of RWBY Characters
This is a list of characters who appear in ''RWBY'', an original anime-style CG-animated web series created by Rooster Teeth Productions. According to series creator Monty Oum, every character's name is tied to a specific color. There are also other teams with their name combining to form acronyms that are also tied to a color. Creation and conception Oum designed the characters with assistance from artist Ein Lee. Oum had been browsing Lee's DeviantArt work and asked if she wanted to do some designs. The only rule provided for the series was "everyone must be badass." Lee also said that some of the characters were conceived between her and Oum, where he would provide a description followed by her sketching some ideas, or vice versa. Others were from brainstorming with other people. The characters utilize designs inspired by classic fairy tale characters. Each character has an associated color, and it is the first letters of these colors, red, white, black, and yellow, that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Calavera
''Grim Fandango'' is a 1998 adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on Rendering (computer graphics), pre-rendered static backgrounds. As with other LucasArts adventure games, the player must converse with characters and examine, collect, and use objects to solve puzzles. ''Grim Fandango'' is set in the Land of the Dead, through which recently departed souls, represented as ''calaca''-like figures, travel before they reach their final destination. The story follows travel agent Manuel "Manny" Calavera as he attempts to save new arrival Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a virtuous soul, on her journey. The game combines elements of the Aztec religion#Cosmology and ritual, Aztec afterlife with ''film noir'' style, with influences including ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'', ''On the Waterfront'' and ''Casablanca (film), Casabla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calavera (comics)
''Calavera'' is an Italian adult comic book featuring a female character with razor claws named Francisca Calavera. It was created by Enrico Teodorani, published in Italy by E.F. edizioni, and in the U.S. by Carnal Comics as ''Calavera: Beautiful, Bloody & Bare''. Calavera is a Dr. Frankenstein's creature, but she hates her creator as she hates all monsters. In her adventures she has been a professional killer, a prostitute, a monster-huntress and a superheroine, and has crossed paths with other independent comics characters such as Marat Mychaels' Demonslayer, David Quinn and Tim Vigil's Faust, Tim Tyler's Blood Reign and Devil Jack, Bill Black's Femforce, Jason Crawley's Bloke and Ju Gomez's PsychoHunter and Son of 6. Special guest artists on the comic have included Joe Vigil, Tim Vigil, Jeff Austin, Tim Tyler, Jason Crager, Marat Mychaels, Ju Gomez and Jason Waltrip Jason Waltrip and John Waltrip are identical twins who comprise a comic book art and writing team, known f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hollows In Bleach
In the fictional ''Bleach'' manga/anime universe, a is a kind of monstrous lost soul who can harm both ghosts and humans. Many of the series' antagonists are ''hollows''. There are also hollows with Soul Reaper (a death-related entity)-like characteristics called . One of the series' main storylines has Sōsuke Aizen (the primary antagonist for the majority of the series) and his arrancar (particularly the ten Espadas, the strongest ones) as the force opposing the protagonists. The creator of the series, Tite Kubo, used many Spanish motifs for the series' hollow-related elements. The fictional creatures have been praised by reviewers for the early hollows' strong emotional ties to their victims and the "interesting" concept of the arrancar. The visual appearance of the characters has also been commented on. Overview of hollow In the ''Bleach'' universe, a is a monstrous soul-eating spirit that results when a deceased soul is consumed by negative emotions or is forcibly co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Moon Clan
The is a group of fictional characters in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. It comprises the main villains of the second major story arc, which is called the ''Black Moon'' in the manga and ''Sailor Moon Crystal'', and which fills most of ''Sailor Moon R'' season of the first anime adaptation. They are first introduced in chapter #14 "Black Moon Kōan – Sailor Mars", first published in ''Nakayoshi'' on March 3, 1993. In the DIC English adaptation, their name is changed to the "Negamoon Family". Members of the Black Moon Clan are descendants of anarchists who opposed Crystal Tokyo, claiming that the governing group was corrupt and the resulting increase in human longevity by the Silver Crystal was a crime against nature. The founding leaders of the Black Moon were guided by Wiseman to the , a phantom planet that can conceal itself from anything save X-Rays and produce shards of the . All members of the Black Moon Clan have black, upside-down crescents on their f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oro (wrestler)
Jesús Javier Hernández Silva (December 24, 1971 – October 26, 1993) was a Mexican professional wrestler known under the ring name Oro (''Gold''), a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. Hernández died in 1993 as a direct result of a wrestling match. He was a second-generation wrestler, and several of his brothers and cousins were also wrestlers. His nephew works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as Oro, Jr. as an homage to his uncle. Personal life Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he and his brother Esteban Hernández Silva wanted to become professional luchadores like their father, Esteban Hernandez, who wrestled as ''Calavera II'' (''The Skull II''), forming a tag team known as ''Los Hermanos Calavera'' ("The Skull Brothers") with his brother ''Calavera I''. His father was initially reluctant to the idea of his sons becoming professional wrestlers, but finally agreed to teach them some basic mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
