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Trix
Trix may refer to: Brands and products * Trix (cereal), a breakfast cereal made by General Mills ** Trix yogurt, branded Yoplait yogurt * Trix (company), the German company that produced Trix construction and model train sets * Trix (construction set), originally produced in Germany and later in the UK * Kodak Tri-X, a popular brand of black-and-white photographic film from Kodak Science and technology * Trix (dinosaur), a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' specimen * TRIX (operating system), start for the first attempt at the GNU kernel * Trix (technical analysis), triple exponential, a technical analysis oscillator * TriX (serialization format), Triples in XML, a serialization of Resource Description Framework models Arts and entertainment * Trix & Flix, the two official mascots for UEFA Euro 2008 * Trix Gilmore, a recurring character on the TV series ''Gilmore Girls'' * Trix MacMillan, a fictional character in the ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' novels based upon the ''Doctor Who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix (construction Set)
Trix model construction sets were originally produced in 1931 by a Nuremberg company, Andreas Förtner (Anfoe). The German patent for the basic Trix pieces had been granted the previous year, in 1930. The origin of the name Trix is uncertain; it has been suggested (by Adrie Wind]) that it could have referred to the triple-hole configuration of the basic pieces. A friendship between Bing (company), Stephan Bing, owner of Anfoe, and the English toy manufacturer W J Bassett-Lowke led to the founding of the London company Trix Ltd in 1932. In the United Kingdom, the first sets were advertised in the 1932 Gamages catalogue. Trix sets challenged the British-invented Meccano model construction sets. Meccano Ltd Meccano Ltd was a British toy manufacturing company, established in 1908 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England, to manufacture and distribute Meccano and other model toys and kits created by the company. During the 1920s and 1930s it became the ... responded to the challe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix (cereal)
Trix is an American brand of breakfast cereal made by General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the North American market and by Cereal Partners (using the Nestlé brand) elsewhere in the world. The cereal consists of fruit-flavored, sweetened, ground-maize, corn pieces. The Trix trademark is also used by Yoplait (a yogurt company, mostly owned by General Mills) for a line of similarly flavored yogurt marketed toward children. History General Mills introduced Trix in 1954 as a sugar-coated version of its popular Kix (cereal), Kix cereal. The original Trix cereal was composed of more than 46% sugar. The original cereal included three colors: "Orangey Orange" (formerly named Orange Orange), "Lemony Yellow" (formerly named Lemon Yellow), and "Raspberry Red". Five fruit shapes and colors were added over the years: "Grapity (or Grapey) Purple" (1984–present), "Lime Green" (1991–1998, 2007–2015, 2017–present), "Wildberry Blue" (1996–2007, 2018–present), "Berry Blue" (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix MacMillan
This is a list of fictional characters who were companion (Doctor Who), companions of the Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctor, in various Doctor Who spinoffs, spinoff media based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fiction television series, ''Doctor Who''. A Abby Amy, portrayed by Ciara Janson, is a companion of the Fifth Doctor in the ''Key 2 Time'' series, which includes the plays ''The Judgement of Isskar'', ''The Destroyer of Delights'' and ''The Chaos Pool''. She is a human "tracer", a device designed to track down the segments of the Key to Time across the universe. When the Doctor meets Amy, she is just a few seconds old and recruits the Doctor as her companion to find the Key. At the end of ''The Chaos Pool'', Romana (Doctor Who), Romana invites Amy to live on Gallifrey and enroll in their Academy. Amy (now renamed Abby) and her sister Zara return in their own mini-series ''Graceless (Big Finish series), Graceless'', and reunite with the Doct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix Rechner
Beatrix Rechner (born 10 June 1951) is a Swiss athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the .... References 1951 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swiss female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Switzerland Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix Worrell
Trix Worrell (born 1959) is a Saint Lucian-born British writer, composer and director best known as the creator and writer of television sitcoms ''Desmond's'' and '' Porkpie'' for Channel 4. His son is actor Elliot Barnes-Worrell. Biography Worrell started as a theatre writer and director. He went on to create the Albany Basement Theatre Company and has written and directed plays in most of the leading London fringe theatres from Upstairs at the Royal Court to Ovalhouse. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, and winner of Channel 4's "Debut" writers competition, Worrell went on to create, write and direct ''Desmond's'' and '' Porkpie'' for Channel 4 and ''What You Looking At'' for London Weekend Television. He has written the scripts for several award ceremonies, including MTV Europe Awards for Ali G in Frankfurt, for P Diddy in Barcelona, the MOBO Awards and the BBC2 Windrush Ceremony. Worrell directed an internet drama entitled ''Dog Endz'', and the critica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Trix
Helen Trix (1886 – November 19, 1951) was an American dancer, singer, and song composer. The August 1906 edition of ''Edison Phonograph Monthly'' describes her as having a "clear, well modulated contralto voice". Early years Trix and six siblings grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. In 1919, her sister Josephine joined her in performing in vaudeville, "a dancer and singer fresh from a convent." Vaudeville and stage entertainer The Trix sisters performed songs written by Helen, who also provided accompaniment. By August 1926, Helen had begun performing with another sister, Mattie, in a duo that "scored immensely in the London Music Halls for several seasons". After Helen Trix left the original act. Helen Lewis, from Liverpool, England, replaced her, performing with Josephine as the Trix Sisters. In April 1935, Lewis left the act and Josephine sought another "Helen Trix". During World War I, Trix took part in a gala performance which combined vaudeville performers with members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trix (Winx Club)
''Winx Club'' is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow S.p.A., Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. Its characters were created and designed by comic artist Iginio Straffi. The show takes place in a magical dimension where a group of fairy warriors defends their universe from villains. The group, named the Winx Club, attends the Alfea College for Fairies. The Winx Club is led by #Bloom, Bloom, a girl from Earth who thought she was an average human until discovering to be the Fairy of the Dragon Flame. The original group includes #Stella, Stella, the Fairy of the Sun and Moon and (in later seasons) Fairy of the Shining Sun; #Musa, Musa, the Fairy of Music; #Tecna, Tecna, the Fairy of Technology; and #Flora, Flora, the Fairy of Nature. They share an apartment on the campus of Alfea. The Fairy of Waves, #Aisha, Aisha, is introduced in the second season and becomes the sixth member of the group, while The Fairy of Animals, #Roxy, Roxy, is introduced in the fourth season as the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix (group)
Trix (born July 5, 1960 in Floresta, Buenos Aires, Floresta, Buenos Aires, Argentina), is the stage name of the triplet sisters María Emilia Fernández Roussee, María Eugenia Fernández Roussee and María Laura Fernández Rousse. Biography Their parents Oscar Fernández and Paulina Alicia Rousse were bank employees. Paulina discovered that she was pregnant with three by taking an X-Ray. Curiously, María Emilia and María Eugenia are twins and María Laura was the last to be born. Their birth caused a sensation at that time since they were the first triplets in Argentina born naturally. They were born and spent their childhood in the neighborhood of Floresta, Buenos Aires, Floresta, Buenos Aires, Argentina and they attended the Instituto Ana María Janer during primary school. Years later they moved to Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina where they attended Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia. Career María Emilia Fernández Roussee, María Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix Records
Trix Records was an American independent record label, which was set up in 1972, by the folklorist Peter B. Lowry. It lasted just under a decade as an active label dealing mainly with Piedmont blues artists from the Southeastern states (the focus of Lowry's folkloric field research), together with the anthology ''Detroit After Hours'', a collection of Detroit piano players. The label's last release was by David "Honeyboy" Edwards in 1978, although Lowry continued recording until 1980 with Cephas & Wiggins. Lowry's long-time partner, Roberta Casey, ran things in the 1990s and helped in arranging the sale of its eighteen issued LP master tapes to Joe Fields of Muse Records. The catalogue was later sold by Fields to 32 Records; more recently purchased by Savoy Jazz (JVC). Its roster (released on LP) at the time included blues artists such as Eddie Kirkland, Peg Leg Sam, Frank Edwards, Henry Johnson, Willie Trice, Guitar Shorty, Robert Lockwood Jr., Pernell Charity, Tarheel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trix & Flix
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial association football, football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It took place in Austria and Switzerland (both hosting the tournament for the first time) from 7 to 29 June 2008. The tournament was won by Spain men's national football team, Spain, who defeated Germany national football team, Germany 1–0 in the UEFA Euro 2008 Final, final. Spain were only the second nation to win all their group stage fixtures and then the European Championship itself, matching France's achievement from UEFA Euro 1984 Final, 1984. Spain were also the first team since Germany in UEFA Euro 1996, 1996 to win the tournament undefeated. Greece national football team, Greece were the defending champions going into the tournament, having won UEFA Euro 2004. They recorded the wors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
