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Cotton (other)
Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that can be spun and woven into a textile of the same name. Cotton may also refer to: *''Gossypium'', the cotton plant Geography United Kingdom * Cotton, Cheshire, a village in Cheshire *Cotton Edmunds, a village in Cheshire *Cotton End, a village in Bedfordshire *Cotton End, Northampton, a suburb * Cotton, Staffordshire, a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands, England *Cotton, Suffolk, an English civil parish * Cotton, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland *Far Cotton, a suburb of Northampton United States *Cotton, Georgia *Cotton, Minnesota * Cotton, West Virginia *Cotton County, Oklahoma People Given name *Cotton Fitzsimmons (1931–2004), American basketball coach *Cotton Mather (1663-1728), New England Puritan Nickname * Cotton (nickname), a list of people with the nickname Surname * Cotton (surname), a list of people with the surname Business and organizations *Cotton (motorcycle), British motorcycle manufacturer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds. The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, Egypt and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa. Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds. The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable, and durable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated to the fifth millennium BC have been found in the Indus Valley civilization, as well as fabric remnants dated back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Lowell Gibbs "Cotton" Fitzsimmons (October 7, 1931 – July 24, 2004) was an American college and NBA basketball coach. A native of Bowling Green, Missouri, he attended and played basketball at Hannibal-LaGrange Junior College in Hannibal, Missouri and Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. He coached the Phoenix Suns three times, was named the NBA Coach of the Year twice, and is often credited as the architect of the Suns' success of the late 1980s and early to middle 1990s. Fitzsimmons won 1,089 games in his coaching career: 223 games at the junior college level, 34 at the Division I college level and 832 in the NBA. On May 16, 2021, it was announced that Fitzsimmons was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony occurred on September 11, 2021. Early life Born to Clancy and Zelda Fitzsimmons, Lowell Fitzsimmons was raised in Bowling Green, Missouri, where he attended Bowling Green High School. The family of six mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Hill
Cotton Lyndal Hill (September 1, 1927—November 11, 2007) was a fictional character in the Fox animated series ''King of the Hill'' voiced by Toby Huss. He was the father of Hank Hill, Good Hank Hill (or "G.H."), Junichiro (his illegitimate half-Japanese son), and, according to him, at least 270 possible others. He was a World War II veteran who had his shins "blowed off by a Japanman's machine gun" in combat and later had his feet attached to his knees as a result. This made him a foot shorter than his relatives and caused a characteristic waddle. According to Hank, Cotton was 6'4" with his shins and was 5'0" without them. Despite his disability, he eventually reached the rank of Colonel in the Texas State Defense Forces and was addressed as such by his friends. Cotton Hill dies in the 12th season of ''King of the Hill'' at age 71 after suffering severe burns from slipping on a flat top grill. Early life and military service If Cotton's story is to be believed, he was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic Night Dreams
The fantastic (french: le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Bulgarian-French structuralist literary critic Tzvetan Todorov originated the concept, characterizing the fantastic as the hesitation of characters and readers when presented with questions about reality. Definitions The fantastic is present in works where the reader experiences hesitation about whether a work presents what Todorov calls "the uncanny", wherein superficially supernatural phenomena turn out to have a rational explanation (such as in the Gothic works of Ann Radcliffe) or "the marvelous", where the supernatural is confirmed by the story. Todorov breaks down the fantastic into a manner of systems, filled with conditions and properties that make it easier to understand. The fantastic requires the fulfillment of three conditions. First, the text must oblige the reader to consider the world of the characters as a world o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton (series)
is a series of shoot 'em up video games developed by Success. The series debuted with '' Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams'' in 1991 and has spanned a history of releases in arcades and on consoles. The ''Cotton'' games helped establish the ''cute 'em up'' subgenre. Instead of warships and battlefields typical of most shoot 'em ups, ''Cotton'' games put players in control of a witch riding on a broom and tasks them with fighting through magical haunted kingdoms. Seven games were released between 1991 and 2003. Following an 18-year gap, the series was reintroduced with ''Cotton Reboot!'' and ''Cotton Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams'' (titled ''Cotton Rock 'n' Roll: Superlative Night Dreams'' in Japan) in 2021. Games Series overview The games in the ''Cotton'' series follows a young witch named Cotton who has an addiction to Willow. She is accompanied by the fairy Silk. Most of the games in the ''Cotton'' series are side scrolling shooting games. ''Cotton'' is classified as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton (album)
''Cotton'' is a 1986 debut studio album released in 1986 by the Japanese freelance jazz fusion drummer Akira Jimbo , is a Japanese jazz fusion drummer who combines electronic drum technology and acoustic drums. Aside from his solo work, he was the drummer for the Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea and had participated in side projects with Keiko Matsui, Sham .... Track listing # "Red Lotus Man" – 3:36 # "Twilight Eyes" – 4:21 # "The Silent Road "Hellen"" – 4:29 # "After Midnight" – 4:54 # "The Light Around Us "Chris"" – 4:41 # "It's a Holiday" – 4:07 # "Blue Imagination" – 4:09 # "The Mood in the Melody" – 4:26 # "Hot Winter Night in the Valley" – 4:26 Akira Jimbo albums 1986 albums Personnel * Abraham Laboriel — Bass * Akira Jimbo — Composer, Arrangement, Drums (all tracks) * Brandon Fields — Saxophone, Flute * Bruce Fowler — Trombone * Bryan Ferry — Steel Drums * Carlos Rios — Guitar * Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Library
The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts once owned by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton MP (1571–1631), an antiquarian and bibliophile. It later became the basis of what is now the British Library, which still holds the collection. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, many priceless and ancient manuscripts that had belonged to the monastic libraries began to be disseminated among various owners, many of whom were unaware of the cultural value of the manuscripts. Cotton's skill lay in finding, purchasing and preserving these ancient documents. The leading scholars of the era, including Francis Bacon, Walter Raleigh, and James Ussher, came to use Sir Robert's library. Richard James acted as his librarian. The library is of special importance for having preserved the only copy of several works, such as happened with ''Beowulf'' and ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''. History Origins At the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, official state records and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Incorporated
Cotton Incorporated is a non-profit organization funded by cotton growers in the United States through per-bale assessments on producers and importers levied by the Cotton Board, which reports to the United States Department of Agriculture. The Cotton Research and Promotion Act of 1966 enabled the establishment of Cotton Incorporated in 1970. The organization conducts research and promotes the use of cotton, including initial processing, recycling, and marketing. The company has helped cotton increase market share in fabrics since it was enacted, both through the branding of cotton with the "Seal of Cotton" and improved technology. The successful campaign was the first commodity brand. Cotton Incorporated's world headquarters are located in Cary, North Carolina, and offices are located in New York, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton (motorcycle)
The Cotton Motor Company, was a British motorcycle manufacturer of 11a Bristol Road, Gloucester, and was founded by Frank Willoughby Cotton in 1918. F.W. presided over the company until his retirement in 1953. The company was reconstituted as E. Cotton (Motorcycles) Ltd, and traded until 1980. The marque was later resurrected in the late 1990s by a business which manufactured replicas of earlier machines. Today, the trademark Cotton The Motorcycle Masterpiece belongs to an international business. The Triangulated Frame By 1913, F.W. Cotton had engaged in hill climbs and trials, and recognised the limitations of the "diamond frame" design, little different from a bicycle. He designed his own, and had examples made by Levis. In 1914 he patented the "triangulated frame" to protect his design that was a Cotton feature until the Second World War. The First World War intervened and it was not until 1918 that the Cotton Motor Company was founded; the first Cotton motorcycle appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton (surname)
Cotton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, derived from place names such as Coton, Cottam and Cotham, which in turn are named for the Old English word ''cot'' meaning cottage or hut, and as an (unrelated) French surname, from the diminutive of ''cotte'', meaning coat of mail. Notable people with the surname include: Athletes *Amy Cotton (born 1980), Canadian judoka * Coby and Cory Cotton (born 1987), co-creators of Dude Perfect * Craig Cotton (1947–2013), American football player *Fran Cotton (born 1947), rugby footballer of the 1970s and 1980s * Harold Cotton (cricketer) (1914–1966), Australian cricketer *Harold Cotton (ice hockey) (1902–1984), Canadian ice hockey player *Henry Cotton (golfer) (1907–1987), English golfer * James Cotton (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player * James Cotton (gridiron football) (born 1978), American football player *Jeff Cotton (American football) (born 1997), American football player *Jharel Cotton (born 1992), American baseball player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton (nickname)
Cotton is the nickname of: * Cotton Davidson (1931-2022), American National Football League (NFL) quarterback for the Baltimore Colts * Cotton Fitzsimmons (1931–2004), American college and NBA basketball coach * Cotton Ivy (1930–2021), American humorist, comedian and entertainer who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives * Cotton Knaupp (1889–1967), American Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop * Cotton Minahan (1882–1958), American MLB pitcher, and track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris * Cotton Nash (1942–2023), American MLB outfielder and National Basketball Association (NBA) forward * Cotton Owens (1924–2012), American NASCAR driver * Cotton Pippen (1911–1981), American MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1936), Philadelphia Athletics (1939), and Detroit Tigers (1939–40) * Cotton Priddy (1928–1956), American NASCAR Grand National race car driver from Louisville, Kentucky * Cotton Speyrer (born 1949), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
