Clowns are comical performers, stereotypically characterized by their grotesque appearances: colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, red-nose, etc., who entertain spectators by acting in a hilarious fashion. The types of their acts varies greatly. Although some find clowns to be scary, their intended purpose is to entertain people, especially young children. Peter Berger writes that “It seems plausible that folly and fools, like religion and magic, meet some deeply rooted needs in human society.” For this reason, clowning is often considered an important part of training as a physical performance discipline, partly because tricky subject matter can be dealt with, but also because it requires a high level of risk and play in the performer.

Clowning was developed from a broad tradition of historical performances, and it is difficult to point out a singular tradition or even a few different ones as being the primary precursors to clowns.^{[citation needed]} However there are a few past prominent forms of entertainment contemporarily linked to clowning as its possible antecedents.

Examples of historical, “clown-like” comedic performers have been the pantomimus in ancient Greece, the Lazzi of Commedia dell’Arte, bouffons, court jesters, as well as the French mime tradition. On top of this there are many non-European clowning traditions (including clown-like figures in Japanese Kabuki theatre) to consider which may or may not have influenced what we now think of as a clown.

A whiteface character does not always wear the classic whiteface makeup. Additionally, a character can wear traditional whiteface makeup and be an auguste.

Classic appearance. Traditionally, the whiteface clown uses “clown white” makeup to cover his or her entire face and neck with none of the underlying flesh color showing. In the European whiteface makeup, the ears are painted red. Features, in red and black, are delicate. He or she is traditionally costumed far more extravagantly than the other two clown types, sometimes wearing the ruffled collar and pointed hat which typify the stereotypical “clown suit”.

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Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations.

Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations necessary for transport, and may be roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance.

Vehicles traveling on these networks may include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, people, helicopters, and aircraft. Operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the procedures set for this purpose including financing, legalities and policies. In the transport industry, operations and ownership of infrastructure can be either public or private, depending on the country and mode.

Passenger transport may be public, where operators provide scheduled services, or private. Freight transport has become focused on containerization, although bulk transport is used for large volumes of durable items. Transport plays an important part in economic growth and globalization, but most types cause air pollution and use large amounts of land. While it is heavily subsidized by governments, good planning of transport is essential to make traffic flow, and restrain urban sprawl.

Most of the feature films shot in Pakistan are in National Language Urdu, Urdu is sometimes used in feature films of Bollywood at small scale, but are largely in Hindi, and may also include films in local languages like, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi or Sindhi.

Before the Bangladesh Separation, Pakistan had three main film production centres: Lahore, Karachi and Dhaka. The regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, VCRs, film piracy, the introduction of entertainment taxes, and Islamic laws, have been some of the many obstacles to the industry’s growth. Once thriving, the cinema in Pakistan now barely exists.

The Pakistani film industry is credited with having produced some of the most notable and recognised filmmakers, actors, writers and directors, and for introducing pop music to South Asia. Competition from Bollywood, however, led to the industry’s decline, although several Indo-Pakistan ventures are promising to help in its revival.

]]> http://thebizzare.com/bizarre-stuff/lollywood-biggest-hits/feed/ 2 http://thebizzare.com/celebrities/hip-hop-artists-sketched/ http://thebizzare.com/celebrities/hip-hop-artists-sketched/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:48:46 +0000 rappin http://thebizzare.com/?p=3058 Those beautiful drawings of best hip hop artists were painted by graphic designer Mark 563, awesome artist, who has great taste in hip hop music. He done his drawings using only, paper and some color pencils. On those photos you can see some of the best rap singers: Tupac Shakur (Alias 2pac), Biggie Smalls (Alias Notorious BIG), Some NWA Members ( Easy E, Dr. Dre), Lots of Wu-Tang-Clan Members, Jay Z, Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Doggy Dogg ,  Redman and others… Check those photos, leave comment bellow and tell us your three favourites, then after two days we will announce winners.

One of the first few pictures even shows an animal preying on a human with the guts spilling out. It is surprising that this place has any visitors at all but you can see plenty of tourists in the pictures. It is hard to think somebody could have come up with this gory theme but it the aim was to get attention, it has done the job well.

]]> http://thebizzare.com/weird-stuff/society/thailand-scary-amusement-park/feed/ 0 http://thebizzare.com/cool/top-5-gadgets-2010/ http://thebizzare.com/cool/top-5-gadgets-2010/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 10:06:19 +0000 rappin http://thebizzare.com/?p=3021 The level of sophistication that is present in our lives today is really incredible. The consistent improvement provided by science and technology is what amazes one and all. Whether you work as a lawyer or are a budding engineering student, everybody wants to look cool. The number of gadgets flooding the market today is voluminous and the problem lies in separating the best from the rest. The gadgets given here are so innovative that at one point or the other they have all been claimed to be engineering marvels. The simplest of these gadgets may seem complicated at first but once you get the hang of using it, it’s just like riding a bike.  Without further ado, here is a list of a few select gadgets that have made it to the top this year.

Alienware M11x

If you prefer laptop’s that are light and thin then the new Alienware M11x will blow your mind. However, it’s not all looks for the M11x as it is powered by a ULV core 2 duo in combination with a high performing NVIDIA GT335M GPU. This single fact makes it one of the more powerful compact laptop’s present in the market today. Priced at $799 for the lower end models, it is worth every cent you pay for it. If you happen to be a gamer then you can make a trip to heaven and back for just $800. It is that good.

Apple iPad (16GB)

The much awaited Apple iPad does not fail to amaze. Steve Jobs has proven once again that innovation is possible even after you have reached the peak of creativity. This extremely handy device does everything short of shooting rainbows. An amalgamation of your laptop, your gaming console, your iPod and your Smartphone, this gadget is probably a must have for every wired home. The absence of an integrated video camera is disappointing but not worth fretting over. This 8×10- inch tablet does not use conventional operating systems (OS) to run it but instead uses the same OS that powers the iPhone. Now, how cool is that?

Audioengine 5 Speakers

This speaker goes out to all the metalheads. With a sound quality that matches that of the iPod Hi-Fi, this speaker houses a dual class AB monolithic amplifier that has a high rating of 45W RMS/70W peak per channel. With a rated frequency of 60Hz-22kHz +/-1.5dB you know you can’t go wrong. A common worry when getting speakers that use huge magnets is the problem when using them next to a CRT screen. This problem however has been neatly tackled by shielding them to prevent magnetic interference.

Droid Incredible

Their tagline says it all- ‘quietly brilliant’. HTC’s latest Droid Incredible has set a new benchmark that all upcoming Smartphones must aspire to beat. Apart from being blazingly fast, running on android 2.1, possessing an 8 megapixel camera and 8GB of internal memory it also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and 3G. The display that the Incredible boasts of is much smoother and vibrant than any other phone on the market. Not sticking to the usual norms, HTC uses its own style in the buttons and the Keypad which works out to their benefit as the buttons are much bigger and easier to type on than any other phone using the Android. In short, the word Incredible was used in the product for a reason.

Klipsch Image S4i earphones with mic

You need them early in the morning when you get up, you need them at office when you are working, you need them when you walk back home, you need them when you go for your evening jog, you need them when you eat, you need them when you go to bed, and repeat. They are that good. Priced at $100, these earphones offer an amazing sound quality for its price. Also included in its features are an attached mic, a call answer button, your iPod playback controls and other handy accessories like a storage box and a cleaning tool.

The t-shirts are designed to look like a baby version of yourself with the body of a baby drawn out from the neck down, giving it a laughable portrait of your grown up self as a baby. The t-shirts have been printed in a wide range to cover people of all skins. The ad has been shot using fair skinned and dark skinned people to promote harmony among all cultures and races. The ad really bring out the message to unleash the child within you and to take have fun like you used to in your childhood.

The museum shows off cotton swabs in the prison operating rooms. The cells still have books and magazines that belonged to the inmates. The museum offers a range of long tours and guides. There is reportedly also a guided tour that is in fact a “prison adventure” and tourists who successfully escape get to have a picnic as a reward.

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Valuev was born on August 21, 1973, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union . He is of Russian descent, but he also had a Tatar grandfather.He wooed his wife, Galya, with poetry that he composed himself. He has two young children, daughter Irina and son Grisha (Grigoriy). In his professional boxing career Valuev has been defeated only twice by Ruslan Chagaev and David Haye.Valuev is a Russian Orthodox Christian. During his youth he played water polo and basketball.

After an amateur career where he had a record of 23–0, with 16 knockouts, he became a professional fighter in 1993. His debut bout was against American John Morton, and Valuev beat him by knockout in the second round. In 1999 he took the Russian heavyweight title and in 2000 he won a Pan-Asian title.Valuev propelled himself into a position to fight for a world title with victories over Bob Mirovic, Otis Tisdale, Paolo Vidoz, Gerald Nobles, Attila Levin, and Clifford Etienne.

In 2005, Valuev squared off with WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz, and won a twelve-round majority-decision. Two judges favored Valuev by scores of 116–114 and 116–113, while the third saw the fight as a 114–114 draw — enough to give Valuev the title. This victory came after narrowly defeating Larry Donald on points in the title elimination bout.

In June 2006, in his first defence of the WBA Heavyweight Championship, Nikolai Valuev (then 44–0, 33 KOs) defeated challenger Owen Beck (25–3, 18 KOs) by a third-round technical knockout in Hannover, Germany.

In October 2006, Valuev fought Monte Barrett and defeated him with a technical knockout in the 11th round, for Valuev’s 45th win. Barrett was knocked down twice in the 8th and once in the 11th round, but managed to get up. After being knocked down for the final time in the eleventh round, his trainer James Ali Basheer jumped into the ring to stop the fight.

In January 2007, Valuev fought Jameel McCline (38–6–3, 23 KOs) in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland. Valuev won the match, successfully defending his title, after McCline was not able to continue the bout after injuring his knee when throwing a punch near the end of the 3rd round.

In the tournament to determine who would next challenge Valuev for his title, Ruslan Chagaev from Uzbekistan beat John Ruiz, who lost his championship to Valuev in 2005. The title defense was held on April 14, 2007. Chagaev defeated Valuev by a majority decision (111–111, 115–113 and 114–114).Valuev changed trainers, from Manuel Gabrielian to Alexander Zimin, who coached the old Soviet Union amateur boxing team.On September 29, 2007, Valuev won against Jean-Francois Bergeron in Oldenburg, Germany, by a 12-round unanimous decision (118–111 on all three cards).

In a 16 February 2008, title eliminator, Valuev defeated former titleholder Sergei Liakhovich from Belarus, winning every round at the Nuremberg Arena in Germany. The victory earned Valuev the right to face Chagaev for the WBA title again, the only man who had defeated him in his boxing career. He was scheduled to face Chagaev for his WBA title on 5 July 2008, but Chagaev pulled out with an injury. Valuev instead fought John Ruiz for the vacant title on 30 August 2008 and the WBA decided to make Chagaev “Champion In Recess”. Valuev defeated Ruiz by unanimous decision to regain the WBA heavyweight championship, with Valuev and Chagaev set to fight no later than 26 June 2009 to determine who the WBA regarded as their champion. Their scheduled rematch on May 30, 2009 was cancelled due to Chagaev’s viral infection and on 24 July 2009, when the WBA published their Official Ratings as of June 2009, Chagaev was no longer the “Champion In Recess” but the #1 challenger instead.

Valuev’s first title defence of his second reign as WBA Champion was against the 46-year old, four-time heavyweight champion of the world, Evander Holyfield, on 20 December 2008, a match Valuev won on a points decision that was controversial since some observers felt that Holyfield had won the most rounds.

Valuev’s first role in a movie was a cameo appearance in the German film 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug in 2006. In 2008 Valuev played the main role in the film Stonehead by Philip Yankovskiy, playing an ex-boxer who lost his memory. The film took the main prize at the movie festival “Window to Europe”. After the success of Stonehead, it was announced Valuev is being filmed in two new films at the same time.

Valuev has written a book in Russian called My 12 Rounds, with the help of prominent Russian journalist Konstantin Osipov. The book discusses his life in general and his boxing career in particular. For that book, Valuev received an award from the government of Saint Petersburg.

Every control in the model is moveable and functions like the real plane. Every little bit has been shaped, sized and fixed by hand. The picture with the tweezers in them shows how difficult it must have been to put it together and to fashion the parts. The completed model is mind blowing as you can see every little detail put carefully where it belongs.

P51 Mustang

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All the controls work as designed, by cables, chains, linkages and levers.

Detail of three .50 Cal. machine guns and ammo cans.

P51 MUSTANG

.50 cal ammunition threaded into the three wing guns

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