William Fitzstephen ( d. about 1190 ), in his biography of Thomas Becket, gives a graphic sketch of the London of his day and, writing of the summer amusements of the young men, says that on holidays they were " exercised in Leaping, Shooting, Wrestling, Casting of Stones jactu lapidum, and Throwing of Javelins fitted with Loops for the Purpose, which they strive to fling before the Mark ; they also use Bucklers, like fighting Men.

( The first book about games of chance, Liber de ludo aleae (" On Casting the Die "), was written by Girolamo Cardano in the 1560s, but not published until 1663.

Casting about for a follow-up, Nash extended the range of antiquarian interests forward in time with his next series of lithographs The Mansions of England in the Olden Time 1839 – 1849, which accurately illustrated Tudor and Jacobean great houses, interiors as well as exteriors, made lively with furnishings and peopled by inhabitants in ruffs and farthingales, the quintessence of " Merrie Olde England ".

* The first book about games of chance, Girolamo Cardano's Liber de ludo aleae (" On Casting the Die "), written in the 1560s, is published.

Casting about for more comic-strip work, DeCarlo created the characters of Josie and her friends at about the same time.

Casting of the role of Ernie Pyle began in June 1944, after speculation about the role brought forth a large number of names as possibilities to producer Lester Cowan.

Casting would interview applicants about school, their social life, and any romantic interests in search of a story to document that would be of interest to the target audience.

Casting about for a song idea while relaxing in a garden near Bob Dylan's recording studio, Harrison was inspired when he noticed a box in Dylan's garage that was labelled " Handle with Care ".

Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror ( ISBN 1-85043-396-8 ) is a 2003 book by Jason Burke about the history and goals of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda and a loose amalgam of related groups.

Casting uses 20 tons of glass and takes about 12-13 weeks.

) Casting away sectional sentiments and prejudices and bringing about fuller understanding of the different ethnic groups.

Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1982, the Casting Society of America ( CSA ) is a professional society of about 350 casting directors for film, television, and theatre in Australia, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States.

* Research Casting International-Canadian company specializing in molding and casting for the production of museum exhibits

: The Casting Director chooses the Actors for the characters of the film.

Casting himself in the role of a warrior inevitably created enemies for Julius — many of whom accused him of being a sodomite.

Casting for the part took time as the actress needed to be sexy, dangerous and mysterious.

Writer Christopher Hitchens, when asked for his favorite Bible story replied “ Casting the first stone ” is a lovely story, even though we ’ ve found out how much it wasn ’ t in the Bible to begin with.

Casting is most often used for making complex shapes that would be difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods.

Casting processes have been known for thousands of years, and widely used for sculpture, especially in bronze, jewellery in precious metals, and weapons and tools.

The films and videos that have been selected for the screening list are an attempt to move beyond the cultural clichés and slogans, to look past the Central Casting costumes, props, and jargon the mass media equated with Beatness, in order to do justice to its spirit.

Casting director Bonita Pietila brought Yeardley Smith in for an audition after seeing her performing in the play Living on Salvation Street.

* Casting yarrow stalks ( for the I Ching )

" Casting for Mac's remake of the film began in November 2003.

* Kids Casting Call Pro – a resource for child actors in the UK

Casting adult women for these parts can be especially useful if an ad campaign or a developed series is expected to run for several years, for while the vocal characteristics of a male child actor would change over time, the voice of an adult female will not.

His songs have been recorded by Little Big Town, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Babyface, Amy Grant, Joe Cocker, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Ashton, Michael W. Smith, Jill Phillips, Michael Crawford, Peter Frampton, Casting Crowns and Eric Clapton, whose version of Kirkpatrick's " Change the World " won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.

It was also Nominated for the Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy from the Casting Society of America, USA.

Casting left patients largely immobilized for a period of weeks to months, with significant burden on patient quality of life.

: 2003-Best Casting for Animated Voice Over, Television-Eileen Mack Knight ( Won )

: 2002-Best Casting for Animated Voice Over, Television-Eileen Mack Knight ( Won )

He was a poet of some accomplishment, with four published collections to his name: First Poems ; Casting Off ; Dancer's End ; and The Wedding Gift.

Casting the Ethel Mertz character was also some work.

The game contains the main Sons of Liberty game with some subtle alterations, as well as the inclusion of Boss Survival and Casting Theater modes from the Japanese and PAL versions of the original game.

Extras and stand-ins are often drawn from the company Central Casting, a company so influential since its 1925 start, that some people refer to all cast as coming from " central casting ".

It provides step-by-step procedures for making various articles, some by lost-wax casting: " The Copper Wind Chest and Its Conductor " ( Chapter 84 ); " Tin Cruets " ( Chapter 88 ), and " Casting Bells " ( Chapter 85 ), which calls for using " tallow " instead of wax ; " The Cast Censer ".

Casting a spell often requires that the caster sacrifice some sort of material component, which typically has a thematic connection to the spell.

Casting Nick Nolte as a Founding Father may sound like this film's riskiest choice, but in fact it makes solid sense.

BSA becomes the first Malaysian company to combine the use of Japanese technology with Hi-Tech Robotic Casting machine for alloy wheels manufacturing.

As a friend of the Dotrice family, Karen's father, Shakespearian actor Roy Dotrice, called Garber to the attention of Disney Casting, where his use of " artful dodges, like squinting, screwing up his nose, and brushing his hair back with one hand " made his screen debut at age seven in Disney's The Three Lives of Thomasina.

In September 2005, Cobra's distributor, Pacific Sun Entertainment, pulled four of Cobra's most popular videos ( Every Poolboy's Dream, Schoolboy Crush, Bareboned Twinks, ( bareback sex ) and Casting Couch 4 ) off the market after reports that one of the featured models ( Brent Corrigan ) was under the age of 18 when his scenes were filmed.

The factory was opened by Ford Motor Company in 1972 as Michigan Casting Center ( MCC ), at the time one of the most technologically advanced casting facilities in the world.

Casting Crowns frontman Mark Hall calls the band's work a ministry akin to what the world would call " preaching to the choir.

In 1989 Tor Books published Casting Fortune, a collection of short stories by John M. Ford-this brought together his stories from the second and third volumes of Liavek together with a new novella in the Liavek shared world.