Boxing Helena is a 1993 American romantic drama movie. It is about a lonely surgeon from Atlanta who gets obsessed with an accident victim named Helena. Sherilyn Fenn plays Helena. This movie was originally marked NC-17 (no children 17 and under admitted). It was later re-rated R on appeal. The movie performed very badly at the box office. The reviews were very negative. This movie was released in September 1993.
There was controversy with the casting of this movie. Madonna and Kim Basinger were each cast as Helena, but backed out. Basinger was taken to court for leaving the role. She lost, and was ordered to pay 8.1 million dollars. The verdict was later set aside on appeal in 1994, but the actress later settled for $3.8 million.
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love is a 1996 erotic romance movie. While this movie was being shot in India, the name of the movie was kept secret because the Indian government would not have allowed filming with the name "Kama Sutra". It was instead named "Maya & Tara". When the movie was finished, it was banned in India due to the erotic scenes, especially homosexual scenes.
In the United States, this movie was originally rated NC-17. It was later trimmed and re-rated R.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is a 1990 Spanish comedy crime drama movie. The story regards a psychiatric patient who, after being released from a mental ward, kidnaps a porn actress and tries to get her to marry him. Antonio Banderas plays Ricky, the psychiatric patient.
The movie was involved in a legal battle with the MPAA due to their decision to rate the movie X. The distributor, Miramax, filed a lawsuit against the MPAA. They did not win this case, so the movie was released unrated in United States theaters.
Breadboard
A breadboard is an electronic tool which can be used to test electrical circuits. Instead of using soldering to connect wires and components together (like on a perfboard or printed circuit board), they can be stuck into the holes of the breadboard. It has metal strips inside that will connect them, and it lets them be removed easily or moved around when testing a circuit.
The rows and columns of holes on a breadboard are usually labelled with numbers and letters. Everything in a row with the same number will be connected, except if the breadboard has a strip down the center. In that case, the metal is split and the row has two separate connections (one on each side). The center strip is also useful when connecting integrated circuits, because they can be pushed in over the top of it and have legs connecting to both sides without overlapping the connections.
22 or 24 gauge wire usually work best to plug into the holes in a breadboard.
Visiting card
A visiting card is a small paper card with a person's name on it. They were used to let someone know that another person had come to their home for a visit. Some visiting cards had just a name on them. Some also had images.
Visiting cards are not used as much as they used to be. Business cards are now used the way visiting cards used to be used.
Before the industrialization visiting cards were hand made. Since the end of the 19th century production has become more and more automated.
Excision (movie)
Excision is a 2012 horror movie. The movie is about a high school student who wants a career in medicine. Marlee Matlin has the role of Amber. "Excision" is rated R in Australia and in the United States. It received very positive reviews from the critics.
AnnaLynne McCord
AnnaLynne McCord (born 16 July 1987) is an American actress. She plays the roles of vixens in movies. She starred as Suzie Woods in the 2008 supernatural thriller "The Haunting of Molly Hartley". She also starred as Naomi Clark in the show "90210". The actress was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
Chained (2012 movie)
Chained is a 2012 Canadian psychological horror movie. It is about a cab-driving serial killer who stalks his victims on the streets. This movie was originally marked NC-17 (no children 17 and under admitted) by the MPAA. It was edited downwards to an R. It was released theatrically in some countries, direct-to-video in the United States.
The movie was first shown at Fantasia International Film Festival.
Additionally, Troy Skog and Shannon Jardine play Bob's parents and Alexander Doerksen plays Colin. Amy Matysio appears as Mary, one of Bob's victims. Director Jennifer Lynch has a cameo as a cooking show host on TV.
Peter Bradshaw from "The Guardian" and Tim Robey from "The Daily Telegraph" both rated the movie 1/5 stars. The earlier called it "a fantastically crass and fatuous-in other words, silly and pointless-serial killer movie." The latter thought that "Chained" was "a lurid disgrace."
On the opposite end, Lauren Taylor from "Bloody Disgusting" rated the movie 4/5 stars. Taylor wrote: ""Chained" takes a typical tale of an abused child and makes something that is Oscar worthy." Rotten Tomatoes has the movie rated near 72% approval.
Tech (river)
The Tech () is a river in southeastern France, close to the French-Spanish border. It runs through a valley in the department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the former Roussillon. Its drainage basin is the river basin of Metropolitan France.
The river gives its name to two "communes" in the department: Le Tech and Arles-sur-Tech.
The source of the Tech is on the eastern side of Roc Colom in the Pyrenees at an elevation of , in the "commune" of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste.
It flows generally from southwest to northeast, first through the valley of Vallespir just to Ceret, and then through the Plain of Rosillon.
The Tech flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the Natural Reserve of Mas Larrieu, also called "Mouth of the Tech", to the north of the town of Argelès-sur-Mer.
The Tech river is long and its drainage basin has an area of approximately . The basin is composed of two areas that are quite different:
The flow of the Tech river was observed over a period of 38 years (1979-2013) in Argelès-sur-Mer, touristic town near the mouth of the river.
The discharge of the river at this location is 8.54 m per second.
Both the valley of the Tech and its mouth are part of Natura 2000, an ecological network of protected areas in the European Union.
The Tech has 22 tributaries; the longest tributaries are:
The Tech is entirely in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It crosses two "arrondissements", six "cantons" and 25 "communes". The two "arrondissements" are Céret and Perpignan.
As for the "cantons", the Tech has its source in the "canton" of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, and then flows through the "cantons" of Arles-sur-Tech, Canton Ceret, Thuir Canton, Canton Elne and finally Argelès-sur-Mer.
The Pont del Diable ("Devil's bridge") or Pont Vieux ("Old bridge") at Céret over the river Tech.
Effect pedal
An effect pedal is an electronic device that can change the sound of an instrument or the voice of a person. Typical effects include echo, chorus, distortion, tremolo, reverb and flanger. A potentiometer is one of the electronic parts that effect pedals use to change the sound.
Effect pedals are commonly connected to electric guitars and bass guitars and to amplifiers using a cable, such as a phone connector. The pedal is then put on the floor and controlled using the player's foot. Depending on how the effect works, there are different ways to use the pedal:
Many guitarists like to use different effect pedals with each other. They stick them to a flat surface to make a pedalboard that they can take with them.
Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor and former Chicago police officer. He was known for his role as Detective Joe Fontana on "Law & Order". Farina was also in "Get Shorty", "Manhunter", "Eddie", and "Saving Private Ryan".
Farina was born on February 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. He was of Sicilian descent. Farina was a police officer from 1967 through 1985.