Melling was born in London. He became a member of the Millfield Theatre Youth Drama Group when he turned 9.
Melling appeared in five of the Harry Potter films as Harry Potter's cousin Dudley Dursley. After the Harry Potter films ended Melling went to Lamda drama school.
Scott Walker (singer)
Scott Walker (born Noel Scott Engel; January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019) was an American-born British singer and record producer. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He became famous as the lead singer of the pop group The Walker Brothers in the 1960s. After The Walkers Brothers, broke up Walker released albums on his own. Walker was signed to 4AD Records. From 1965, he lived in the United Kingdom. He was an only child. On February 25, 2009, there was a tribute concert to Walker's music in Los Angeles.
Walker died at the age of 76 in London on March 22, 2019 from cancer.
Fine Wind, Clear Morning
Fine Wind, Clear Morning (also known as South Wind, Clear Sky and Red Fuji) is a woodblock print made by Hokusai.
The art work was printed somewhere between 1830 and 1832 which was during the Edo period. It is the second print in the series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It shows that in early autumn when the wind is southerly and when the sky is clear, the rising sun can turn Mount Fuji red.
Fred Ho
Fred Ho (; born Fred Wei-han Houn; August 10, 1957 – April 12, 2014) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, writer, and social activist. He was known for his place in the African-American and Asian-American music movement. He was born in Palo Alto, California.
Ho died after a long battle with colorectal cancer at his home in Brooklyn, New York City. He was 56.
Alton Towers
Alton Towers is a theme park in Staffordshire, England. It is near the town Alton.
It has seven large roller coasters and three smaller roller coasters.
Theme: Escapism or escaping normal life
The History Boys
The History Boys is a play by Alan Bennett. It was first shown on 18 May 2004 in London at the Royal National Theatre. It was first shown on Broadway on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
The play starts in Cutlers' Grammar School in Sheffield. It is set in the early 1980s.
Scott Putesky
Scott Mitchell Putesky (April 28, 1968 – October 22, 2017), more famously known as Daisy Berkowitz, was an American musician. He was the guitarist for Marilyn Manson until 1996.
Putesky met Brian Warner at a party in 1989. They started Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids. He left the band on May 8, 1996.
In March 2013, he joined with THEE PAUSE, to form "The Daisy Kids".
Putseky was diagnosed with stage-four colorectal cancer in September 2013. He started chemotherapy that month. He died from the disease on October 22, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 49.
Carla Bozulich
Carla Bozulich is an American musician. She is known for being the lead singer of the Geraldine Fibbers. She was born in New York City. In 1993 "Happy Days, Sweetheart", the only album by Ethyl Meatplow, a band Bozulich was a member of, was released. In 2003 she released her first solo album, "The Red Headed Stranger". In 2012 she released an album with Ches Smith.
Rolf Brem
Rolf Brem (12 February 1926 – 11 April 2014) was a Swiss graphic artist. He was best known as a draftsman, sculptor and illustrator. Many of his sculptures are on display all over Switzerland in public and art galleries. He was born in Lucerne.
Brem died on 11 April 2014 in Meggen, Canton of Lucerne, aged 88.
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoclimatology (or paleoclimatology) is the study of changes in climate over the entire history of Earth. Modern interest in climate change has caused a great increase in the climates of the past.
The climates of the past can only be studied by proxy. Data is got from rocks, sediments, ice and tree rings, corals, shells and microfossils. These records are used to work out the past states of the Earth's climate and its atmospheric system.
Studies of past changes in the life and ecosystems of the past may throw a light on the present. An example is the effect of climate on mass extinctions and the recovery of life after those extinctions.
Knowledge of precise climatic events decreases as the record goes further back in time. Some notable climate events:
Ground tissue
Ground tissue is the name for a number of different kinds of tissue of plants. These kinds are usually classified by looking at the cell walls. There are three different main kinds:
Delegation (band)
Delegation were a British R&B and soul group. Their songs included "Oh Honey". They were active from 1975 until 1999.
"Oh Honey" was sampled by a lot of musicians in the 1980s and 1990s.
Jelly bean
Jelly beans or jellybeans are a bean-shaped candy. They have a gel inside in a soft candy shell. They can come in many different flavors. They were created by William Schrafft and were first introduced in 1861. Schrafft wanted people to send the jelly beans that he made to soldiers during the American Civil War.
Historians today believe that jelly beans were first linked with the celebration of Easter in the United States during the 1930s. There are different brands of jelly beans, but the main brand is Jelly Belly. Jelly Beans come in a variety of different flavours. They are chewy candies that are small and gooey. There are also Beanboozled jelly beans which are Jelly Beans with varying flavours. An average jellybean is x x and weighs .
Wall Street (1987 movie)
Wall Street is a 1987 American crime drama movie directed by Oliver Stone. It stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Eli Wallach, Terence Stamp, and Hal Holbrook. It was released on December 11, 1987 to very positive reviews.
It was followed by a sequel, .
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 American horror movie directed by John Carpenter. It is set in California. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh, and Hal Holbrook. It was released to positive reviews on February 1, 1980.
A remake was made in 2005.
Magnum Force
Magnum Force is a 1973 American action movie directed by Ted Post. It stars Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, and Mitchell Ryan. It is the first sequel to "Dirty Harry". It was released to positive reviews on December 25, 1973.
Mark Twain Tonight
Mark Twain Tonight is a one man play starring Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain. His first performance as Twain was in 1954 in a college in Pennsylvania. Holbrook won a Tony Award for his performance as Twain. During this play, Holbrook tells some of Twain's stories or give some jokes about Twain's life.
McLemoresville, Tennessee
McLemoresville is a small town in Carroll County, Tennessee. It has the population of 352. Actress Dixie Carter was born here.
Denison University
Denison University is a university in Granville, Ohio. It is a liberal arts college. It is Ohio's second oldest liberal arts colleges. It was founded in 1831.
Rapture (album)
Rapture was the second album from Anita Baker. It was her breakout album. The album sold over eight million copies (five million in the United States).
This record was released in 1986. "Sweet Love" was one song from the album.
Belhaven, North Carolina
Belhaven is a town in eastern of North Carolina. The town had 1,688 people at the 2010 census.
The town is in the Inner Banks areas.
Barry Corbin
Leonard Barrie Corbin, known as Barry Corbin (born October 16, 1940), is an American actor. He is known for his roles in "Northern Exposure", "Lonesome Dove", "WarGames", "One Tree Hill", and in "Anger Management".
Corbin was born in Lamesa, Texas.
William Russell
William Russell Enoch (born 19 November 1924), better known as William Russell, is an English actor. He was born in Sunderland, County Durham. He is best known for the role as Ian Chesterton in "Doctor Who".
Ernesto Laclau