Meyer's approach was to research users ' needs and scientifically develop the design solution.

The town boasted a " socio-cultural mix ," sat near the exact geographic center of the continental U. S., and Hume and Meyer's research told them that Lawrence was a prime missile target, because 150 Minuteman missile silos stood nearby.

Bibi Besch was a relative unknown, recently thrust into the spotlight as Dr. Carol Marcus in Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

" One of Meyer's earlier films, Time After Time, was largely based in San Francisco ; when he was told by the producers that The Voyage Home had to be set in the same city, he took the opportunity to comment upon cultural aspects not covered by his earlier film, such as punk rock — The Voyage Homes scene where Kirk and Spock meet an annoying punk rocker was based on a similar scene cut from Time After Time.

* The fictional character Alice Cullen from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga used to live in Biloxi, Mississippi, when she was a human.

It was originally called St. John Meyer's Settlement and was the site of the Spanish log fort, San Juan del Misuri ( 1796 – 1803 ).

" The story deliberately included references to the contemporary political climate ; the character of Gorkon was based on Mikhail Gorbachev, while the assassination storyline was Meyer's idea.

Meyer's wife was the first person to suggest that he should direct.

Meyer's idea for the effect was influenced by The Poseidon Adventure ; Farrar used imagery of an immense wave hitting the Poseidon to inform the scale of their shock wave.

Meyer's original plan for the score was to adapt Gustav Holst's orchestral suite The Planets.

( McLaren has claimed that the project was scrapped at the behest of the main financier and Meyer's erstwhile employer -- 20th Century Fox -- whose board of directors considered the prospect of a Meyer production to be untenable and incompatible with the insurgent family values ethos in popular culture.

However, by the early 1980s, when surgical advancements had made the gargantuan breasts of Meyer's fantasies a reality, many felt he had started viewing the female body as simply a " tit transportation device " and that his aesthetic vision was no longer attractive or vibrant.

was Meyer's only true portrayal of the large, strong and aggressive Amazonian archetype in the classic visual sense.

Furthermore, according to frequent collaborator and longtime lover Kitten Natividad, Meyer's love of dominant women extended to his personal life, and he was almost always in a tumultuous relationship.

Also, a fictional reference was made to the former Lord Dundas in L. A. Meyer's sixth book in the Jacky Faber series, which was titled, " My Bonny Light Horseman ".

The Main Beach Hotel licence lapsed after Meyer's death in 1901 and for 16 years Elston was a tourist town without a hotel or post office.

Elston began to get more visitors after the opening of Jubilee Bridge and the extension of the South Coast Road in 1925 ; the area was serviced before then only by Meyer's Ferry at the Nerang River.

Put into perspective, Meyer's thoughts were revolutionary, because at the time it was believed that tall players were too awkward to ever play basketball well.

It has been argued ( see Chet Meyer's Binding the Strong Man, and John Yoder's The Politics of Jesus ) that Jesus was waging a non-violent campaign against the Roman oppressors and many of his sayings relate to this campaign -- turn the other cheek, go the second mile, etc.

Meyer's collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O ' Connor on the widely acclaimed Sony Classical disc Appalachia Waltz reached the top of the United States pop charts for 16 weeks when it was released.

* 4121 BC: Eduard Meyer's date for the creation of the Egyptian calendar, based on his calculations of the Sothic cycle.

The city has gained popularity for being a key setting in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.

* In Stephenie Meyer's novel The Host the narrator describes an alien race she has encountered who are similar to dolphins and have three distinct sexes, all of which are required for reproduction and have separate societal roles.

After the unexpected success of Easy Rider, and impressed by Meyer's frugality and profitability, 20th Century Fox signed him to produce and direct a proposed sequel to Valley of the Dolls in 1969, fulfilling his longstanding ambition to direct for a major Hollywood studio.

Warfield also linked his views to an unusual understanding of, premised on Meyer's exegesis of the same passage, which presupposed a global conquest of the gospel in order for the supposed prophecy in that verse to be realized, which inexorably leads to a literal fulfillment of the third petition of the Lord's Prayer: " Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Commenting on Sir Christopher Meyer's testimony to the Iraq Inquiry in 2009, he described the inquiry as " a procession of primadonnas and the usual suspects grandstanding for the TV ".

Meyer's extensive financial records during such parties showed him paying $ 200 for " presents for four girls " and $ 50 for " girls at hotel ( late ).

Lynn Carey was a 1970s Penthouse Pet and well respected singer, providing music for Russ Meyer's legendary cult classic film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

The treatise by Joachim Meyer, dating to the 1570s and notable for its scientific and complete approach to the style ( it is suggested that Meyer's students came to him with less military knowledge and therefore required more basic instruction ), is the last major account of the German school, and its context is now almost entirely sportive.

The Canary Trainer describes Holmes's adventures during the " Great Hiatus " of 1891-4, when ( according to the Sherlockian Canon ) he was traveling the world, trying to escape the minions of Professor Moriarty ; in Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, however, a different impetus is given for this period, and this alternate scenario is maintained here.

Meyer's older sister, Florence Meyer Blumenthal, was noted for the philanthropic organization she formed, the Franco-American Florence Blumenthal Foundation, which awarded the Prix Blumenthal to painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers, and musicians.

Furthermore, the term fuel cell is usually reserved for cells which produce electricity from a chemical redox reaction, whereas Meyer's fuel cell consumed electricity, as shown in his patents and in the circuit pictured on the left.

* Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell, a fraudulent device for powering a car from water

Manager Martin Bader's professional and sometimes even spectacular work till spring 2007 ( the signing of former Ajax Amsterdam captain and Czech international Tomáš Galásek, for example, was greeted with enthusiasm ), as well head coach Hans Meyer's tactically modern understanding of football, helped Nuremberg to its most successful time in almost 40 years.

He helped turn around a team that had gone 2-9 in 2000 in large part due to QB Josh Harris, who would be tailor made for Meyer's scheme.

Despite reaching this milestone, the season was a difficult one for the Gators, and their 7 – 5 regular season record was the worst in Meyer's tenure at Florida.

Meyer's teams at Bowling Green, Utah, and Florida all ran the spread, chiefly utilizing a run-first variation most similar to Rich Rodriguez's formerly at West Virginia with tweaks to fit the offensive personnel ( for example, Meyer's first two years at Florida skewed toward a drop-back passing attack led by Chris Leak, while Tim Tebow led an option run-based spread ( as did Alex Smith at Utah ).

Warner had appeared in Meyer's first film, the 1979 science-fiction film Time After Time, and had played a human ambassador in The Final Frontier.

As with Meyer's previous Star Trek film ( The Wrath of Khan ), the script had strong military overtones, with a naval theme present throughout.

Much of Meyer's work during World War II can be seen in newsreels and in the film Patton ( 1971 ).

Meyer's film debut was in the TV film Strapped in 1993, and her role in the cyberpunk thriller Johnny Mnemonic was perhaps her breakthrough performance.

He appeared in Russ Meyer's 1965 film Motorpsycho, and his last work in the film industry was in 1970, when he played a drunk in Meyer's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

After a preachy, satirical voice-over monologue during scenes of Kelly and Harris ( in crutches ) hiking on a log over a creek — which Roger Ebert credits to Russ Meyer's " sick sense of humor " — the film ends with the wedding of three couples, Kelly and Harris, Pet and Emerson, and Susan and Baxter Wolfe, with Porter Hall observing from outside the court house window.

Since Meyer's novel, several other novels as well as a striking film by Daniel Schmid ( Jenatsch, 1987 ) have treated his story.

Peaks starred in the eponymous Pandora Peaks, Russ Meyer's final film, released in 2001.

Loosely based on Russ Meyer's 1965 film Faster, Pussycat!

She was best known for her role as " Varla " in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat!

She became the most commercially successful female director in Hollywood, when in 2008 she directed the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel, Twilight .< ref >

The news was released after independent film studio Summit Entertainment, the creators of The Twilight Saga, based on American author Stephenie Meyer's books, tweeted ' On November 18, see Bella ’ s Carolina Herrera-designed wedding dress in # BreakingDawnPart1!

* The Host ( 2013 film ), a film based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name

As a somewhat " extra " activity, Griffith played the Reverend in Black and the opening, closing, and a few in the middle scenes in the 1964 Russ Meyer film Lorna, starring Lorna Maitland in one of Meyer's black-and-white ' skin ' movies before the height of his career with Beyond the Valley of the Dolls in 1968.

On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that Stewart would play main character Isabella " Bella " Swan in the film Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novel of the same name.

One of his earliest film roles was in Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill.