Pleistocene The lower boundary of the Pleistocene Series is formally defined magnetostratigraphically as the base of the Matuyama (C2r) chronozone, isotopic stage 103. Above this point there are notable extinctions of the calcareous nanofossils: "Discoaster pentaradiatus" and "Discoaster surculus". The Pleistocene covers the recent period of repeated glaciations. The name Plio-Pleistocene has, in the past, been used to mean the last ice age. The revised definition of the Quaternary, by pushing back the start date of the Pleistocene to 2.58 Ma, results in the inclusion of all the recent repeated glaciations within the Pleistocene. The modern continents were essentially at their
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2002 film) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2002 film) The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 2002 South African fantasy film. Although set in England, the film was shot on location in South Africa. Every hundred years, the evil Morgana (Kelly Le Brock) returns to claim Fingall's talisman, with which she intends to destroy the world, from the wizard Merlin. For the last fourteen hundred years she has failed... now she intends to conquer all. Young Ben Clark (Byron Taylor) moves with his parents to a new town, where he befriends an elderly Welshman and magician, Milner (Robert Davi). Ben has a natural talent for magic