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Tinsel (other)
Tinsel is a metallic material used for ornamentation, notably including Christmas decorations. Tinsel may also refer to: *Tinsel (codename), a type of radio jamming equipment used during World War II * ''Tinsel'' (film), a 1918 silent film drama * ''Tinsel'' (novel), a 1979 novel by William Goldman * ''Tinsel'' (TV series), a Nigerian soap opera * Tinsel Dome, a small hill in Antarctica * Tinsel Korey (born 1980), Canadian actress *Tinsel, a member of the original ''Exiles'' See also *Tinsel print, a rare type of old master print parts *Tinsel town (other) * Tinsel wire, a form of low-voltage electrical wire *Tinselfish, a family of fish *''Calectasia'', commonly called the tinsel lily *''Catapaecilma elegans'' or common tinsel, a species of butterfly * *Tensile * Tinshill, a suburb north of Leeds, West Yorkshire *Tinsley (other) Tinsley may refer to: People *Tinsley (surname) *Tinsley Mortimer (born 1976), American socialite *Tinsley Ellis (born 1957), Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel
Tinsel is a type of decorative material that mimics the effect of ice, consisting of thin strips of sparkling material attached to a thread. When in long narrow strips not attached to thread, it is called "lametta", and emulates icicles. It was originally a metallic garland for Christmas decoration. The modern production of tinsel typically involves plastic, and is used particularly to decorate Christmas trees. It may be hung from ceilings or wrapped around statues, lampposts, and so on. Modern tinsel was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1610, and was originally made of shredded silver. According to the ''Concise Oxford Dictionary'', the word is from the Old French word ''estincele'', meaning "sparkle". History In the 16th-century the word "tinsel" was used for a variety of lightweight fabrics with a metallic effect made with silk and gold and silver thread. These tinsel fabrics were used in elite cothes, masque costume, and for heraldric banners and flags. Elizabeth of York b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel (codename)
The codename Tinsel referred to a type of equipment carried by RAF bombers and used for jamming Luftwaffe night-fighter controller's speech radio-frequencies during the Second World War. The equipment consisted of an audio microphone mounted inside one of the bomber's engine nacelles, the output of which fed into the aircraft's standard T1154 radio transmitter. The wireless operator could listen in to the frequencies used by the defending forces and then, when he heard a German transmission, tune his transmitter into the Luftwaffe frequency and transmit the amplified engine-noise on the same frequency, thus jamming the enemy transmission. Although not very effective as a jammer, the noise produced merely acted as background noise to the transmitted speech, Tinsel did have the effect of making the night-fighter crew's job of distinguishing the instructions received from the ground more difficult. See also *List of World War II electronic warfare equipment A ''list'' is any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel (film)
''Tinsel'' is a 1918 silent film drama directed by Oscar Apfel and featuring Kitty Gordon. It was produced and distributed by World Film Company. Cast *Kitty Gordon - Princess Sylvia Carzoni *Muriel Ostriche - Ruth Carmichael * Frank Mayo - Jefferson Kane * Bradley Barker - Richard Carmichael *Ralph Graves Ralph Graves (born Ralph Horsburgh; January 23, 1900 – February 18, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and actor who appeared in more than 90 films between 1918 and 1949. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Graves had alre ... - Bobby Woodward *George De Carlton - Stephen Roche *Tony Merlo - Dickey Flemming *Marie Nau - Denise *Anne Dearing - ?unknown role Preservation status *Gordon's only surviving film. Prints are held at George Eastman House and the Library of Congress. References External links * * 1918 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Oscar Apfel Silent American drama films 1918 dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel (novel)
''Tinsel'' is a 1979 novel written by William Goldman. It was the third of a four-book deal he had with Delacorte Press after ''Marathon Man'' and ''Magic''. He called it "my Hollywood novel." Background Goldman had gone through an intense period of work writing screenplays and realised it had been two years since he wrote anything that was just for him, so decided to write a novel. He says he began writing ''Tinsel'' on April Fools' Day 1978 and finished it five months later. Goldman actually started to write two novels at the same time, both about Hollywood. He would work three pages on one, three pages on the other, and said at the end of the first week the second novel, which became ''Tinsel'' "was working alright, so I just gave up on the other". He finished ''Tinsel'' in August. Goldman said in a 1979 interview that he was motivated to write the novel to explore the treatment of women in Hollywood: There are a couple of basic truths about this town. One is that nobody knows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel (TV Series)
''Tinsel'' is a Nigerian soap opera that began airing in August 2008. On 23 May 2013, the show's 1000th episode aired. It has been called "the most successful television drama on Nigerian television in recent times". On 21 Jan 2021, the show's 3000th episode aired. Plot summary ''Tinsels plot revolves around two rival film companies: Reel Studios, founded by Fred Ade-Williams (Victor Olaotan), and Odyssey Pictures, headed by Brenda "Nana" Mensah ( Funmilola Aofiyebi-Raimi). Tinsel is a tale of drama, romance, betrayal and triumph. The show returned for its eighth season on 25 May 2015. Cast * Matilda Obaseki as Angela Dede *Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi as Brenda Nana Mensah (2009 – present) * Ireti Doyle as Sheila Ade-Williams *Linda Ejiofor as Bimpe *Kalu Ikeagwu as Masters * Anne Njemanze as Sankey *Ashionye Michelle Raccah as Monica Ade-Williams *Funmi Holder as Amaka Ade-Williams *Tomi Odunsi as Salewa *Yewande Lawal as Shoshanna *Dozie Onyiriuka as Freddy *Abiola Segun-William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel Dome
Tinsel Dome () is a small ice-covered hill, 700 m, standing between Aureole Hills and Bone Bay on Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ... (FIDS) who gave this descriptive name. Map Trinity Peninsula.Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996. References SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer Ice caps of Antarctica Bodies of ice of Graham Land Landforms of Trinity Peninsula {{TrinityPeninsula-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel Korey
Tinsel Korey (born March 25, 1980) is a Canadian actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for portraying Emily Young in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series. Life and career Prior to moving to Vancouver, Korey had already appeared in some ads. She then decided in late 2002 to move to Hollywood, but was "stopped at the border because she couldn't prove she was going to come back to Canada. She couldn't go home though so she called her friend and got on a flight to Vancouver and she's been there ever since." In 2006, Korey was given a small role as a rape victim opposite Callum Keith Rennie in the film ''Unnatural & Accidental'', which told the story of a series of murders of mostly First Nations women. The film's director, Carl Bessai Carl Bessai (born 1966 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Bessai studied at OCAD University and at York University in Toronto graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He got his start directing docume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exiles (Malibu Comics)
The Ultraverse is a defunct comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics which is currently owned by Marvel Comics. The Ultraverse is a shared universe in which a variety of characters – known within the comics as Ultras – acquired super-human abilities. History The Ultraverse line was launched by Malibu Comics during the "comics boom" of the early 1990s, when a number of new and existing publishers introduced new universes featuring superheroes, debuting in June 1993 with ongoing series ''Prime'', '' Hardcase'' and ''The Strangers''. The project included writers Mike W. Barr, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, James D. Hudnall, Gerard Jones, James Robinson, Len Strazewski, and Larry Niven. It emphasized tight continuity between the various series, making extensive use of crossovers, in which a story that began in one series would be continued in the next-shipping issue of another series. Various promotions for special editions or limited-print stories als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel Print
A tinsel print is an example of one of two types of print, where tinsel is added after printing, for decorative effect. The first is a rare type of old master print parts of which are decorated with small thin shiny fragments of metal or quartz crystal applied to glue. Gold leaf fragments were used on some, and colour was applied before the tinsel. Arthur Mayger Hind cites fewer than ten examples as being "practically all whose location is known... all seem to date between about 1430 and 1460". All are religious woodcuts, and probably German in origin,An Introduction to a History of Woodcut, Arthur M. Hind, pp171-2, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1935 (in USA), reprinted Dover Publications, 1963 ; Grove perhaps from Augsburg. They intended to imitate fabric, which was also the intention of the related "flock prints", printed in glue on paper that had been impressed on fabrics, and then sprinkled with chopped wool. The second type are popular prints, mainly British, produced in the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel Town (other)
Tinsel Town, Tinseltown, Tinsel-Town or other variants may refer to: Film industry * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, associated with the U.S. film industry ** Cinema of the United States generally * Film Nagar, a neighborhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, notable as a home of Telugu cinema Music * ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'', a 1981 rock album by Frank Zappa * "Tinseltown", a 1988 song by Spear of Destiny off the album ''The Price You Pay'' * "Tinsel Town", a 1994 single by Ronny Jordan * "Tinsel Town", a 1999 song by Feeder off the album ''Yesterday Went Too Soon'' * "Tinseltown", a 2000 Christmas song by SHeDAISY off the album ''Brand New Year'' * "Tinsel Town", a 2003 song by Seal off the album ''Seal IV'' * "Tinsel Town", a 2004 song by Ash off the album ''Meltdown'' (Ash album) * "Tinsel Town", a 2008 song by Jellyfish off the album ''Catnip Dynamite'' * ''Tinsel Town'', a 2012 Christmas album by Jimmy Rankin * "Tinseltown", a 2017 track by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinsel Wire
Tinsel wire is a type of electrical wire used for applications that require high mechanical flexibility but low current-carrying capacity. Tinsel wire is commonly used in cords of telephones, handsets, headphones, and small electrical appliances. It is far more resistant to metal fatigue failure than either stranded wire or solid wire. Construction Tinsel wire is produced by wrapping several strands of thin metal foil around a flexible nylon or textile core. Because the foil is very thin, the bend radius imposed on the foil is much greater than the thickness of the foil, leading to a low probability of metal fatigue. Meanwhile, the core provides high tensile strength without impairing flexibility. Typically, multiple tinsel wires are jacketed with an insulating layer to form one conductor. A cord is formed from several conductors in either a round profile or a flat cable. Connections Tinsel wire is commonly connected to equipment with crimped terminal lugs that pierce the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinselfish
The Grammicolepididae are a small family of deep-sea fishes, called tinselfishes due to their silvery color. They are related to the dories, and have similar deeply compressed bodies. The largest species, the thorny tinselfish, ''Grammicolepis brachiusculus'', grows up to long. They are found in isolated areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...s, where they inhabit deep waters: they have been found down to about . They are rarely caught in trawls. Five have been caught south of the Bay of Biscay. One was caught off Scotland in 2004, and one off Co. Kerry, Ireland in December 2010 by Rossaveal trawler "Maria Magdelena III" References * * Grammicolepididae Zeiformes {{Zeiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
